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U.S. v. JEFFRIES

No. 87-2846.

854 F.2d 254 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willard JEFFRIES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred I. Towell, Bloomington, Ind., for defendant-appellant.

Paula E. Lopossa, Asst. U.S. Atty., Bradley L. Williams, Acting U.S. Atty., U.S. Atty's. Office, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WOOD, Jr. and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This case serves as another reminder that the Bible, although regarded with great reverence by multitudes, may not always be a reliable substitute for the tax code. Plaintiff-appellant Willard Jeffries, who testified in his own behalf, explained that after studying the Bible he determined that he could become a one-person church and thereby be excused from paying his income taxes. Sometime later he found himself charged with four...

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