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U.S. v. PIERCE

No. 92-2535.

17 F.3d 146 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Lyle PIERCE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 18, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Davis, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued and briefed), Office of the U.S. Atty., Grand Rapids, MI, for plaintiff-appellee.

Charles E. McFarland (argued and briefed), Newton Falls, OH, for defendant-appellant.

Before: JONES and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges, and ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.

NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

During the 1980's, Defendant-Appellant Robert Lyle Pierce, acting on an asserted belief that the federal income tax laws were unconstitutional, avoided paying his taxes by claiming large numbers of withholding allowances and exemptions and failing to file annual tax returns. In 1992, a jury convicted and a district court judge sentenced Pierce for income tax evasion. On appeal, Pierce claims that an earlier indictment against him...

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