CARNES, Circuit Judge:
I. INTRODUCTION
A federal jury convicted appellant James Stone of violating 18 U.S.C. § 287 by filing a false claim for an income tax refund. On appeal Stone raises two issues that merit discussion. First, was it reversible error for the district court to charge the jury on "deliberate ignorance" in the absence of sufficient evidence to support such a theory? We conclude that any error in giving such a charge in the absence of...
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