U.S. v. MORTENSEN

No. 87-3072.

860 F.2d 948 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lance H. MORTENSEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott McLarty, Athens, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

Robert H. Westinghouse, Asst. U.S. Atty., and Milton J. Carter, Jr., Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Seattle, Wash., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WRIGHT, WALLACE and HUG, Circuit Judges.


HUG, Circuit Judge:

After two jury trials before the U.S. Magistrate for the Western District of Washington, Lance H. Mortensen was convicted and sentenced for willful failure to file a tax return. Mortensen appeals the district court order affirming his conviction and sentence. He presents two issues on appeal: (1) whether he should have been allowed to withdraw his consent to trial before the magistrate after his first...

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