Barrow v. Pritchard

A grand jury returned a fifteen-count indictment against plaintiff in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for various counts of income tax evasion, filing a false income tax return, making false statements in connection with a loan application, and bank fraud. Plaintiff retained defendants to represent him in this criminal matter, paying them approximately $200,000. Following a ten-day jury trial, plaintiff was convicted on eleven counts and acquitted on the rest. Following his conviction, plaintiff moved in the trial court for a new trial, arguing in part…