U.S. v. CHESSON

No. 90-4416.

933 F.2d 298 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lilton CHESSON, Jr. and Randall Chesson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Fawer, Denise LeBoeuf, Dallas, Tex., for Lilton Chesson, Jr.

Thomas L. Lorenzi, Godwin, Roddy, Lorenzi, Watson & Sanchez, Lake Charles, La., for Randall Chesson.

William J. Flanagan, First Asst. U.S. Atty., Joseph S. Cage, Jr., U.S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for U.S.

Before GOLDBERG, HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Lilton Chesson, Jr. and his brother, Randall Chesson, appeal their convictions on three counts of tax evasion, 26 U.S.C. § 7201, and one count of conspiracy to obstruct the tax collecting function of the Internal Revenue Service, 18 U.S.C. § 371. At trial the prosecutor argued to the jury that the Chessons channeled through their privately-held companies various personal and church-related expenditures and that in...

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