United States v. Meyer Sohnen

Appellant, well represented by counsel of his own choosing, pleaded guilty to all four counts of an indictment. Count I charged that he evaded payment of $64,-339.42 of income taxes for the year 1952; Count II, $67,934.64 for the year 1953; Count III, $23,010.03 for the yefir 1954; and Count IV that he understated his gross receipts for the year 1954 by $44,-039.36. By his plea appellant admitted a deliberate evasion of $155,284.09 of income taxes owed within a three-year span.

Upon the guilty plea the district judge imposed terms of five years’ imprisonment on each of the first three counts…