U.S. v. PEREZ

No. 08-2566.

612 F.3d 879 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Flavio PEREZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 6, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Podliska, Attorney (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

M. Anne Hannigan, Attorney, Chicago, IL, Isuf Kola, Attorney (argued), Kola & Associates, Ltd., Glen Ellyn, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before RIPPLE, MANION, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Flavio Perez of two counts of filing false federal income tax returns. The district court sentenced Perez to 33 months' imprisonment. Perez appeals, claiming that the district court violated his right to be present at trial by conducting a jury instruction conference in his absence. He also challenges the district court's failure to provide a jury instruction on the government's net worth and expenditure method of proof, its...

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