U.S. v. LAWS

Nos. 14-3636, 14-3639, 14-3640, 14-3642.

819 F.3d 388 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Brenda S. LAWS, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Lareka S. Laws, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Milton L. Laws, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jameel L. Laws, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 15, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chris Tarver , AFPD, Jerome E. Larkowski , Jennifer B. Wiggins , Little Rock, AR, Sara F. Merritt , North Little Rock, AR, for Defendant-Appellant.

Stephanie Mazzanti , Little Rock, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before MURPHY, BENTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


Brenda Laws, Lareka Laws, Milton Laws, and Jameel Laws were charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States by falsely claiming tax refunds in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 286, and making false claims to the IRS in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 287. These charges arose from a scheme in which the defendants filed more...

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