United States v. Eugene Kenner

HAYS, Circuit Judge:

Kenner appeals from a judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of violating 18 U.S.C. § 201(f) (two counts) and of aiding and abetting (18 U.S.C. § 2(a)) violations of 26 U.S.C. § 7214(a)(2) 1 (five counts). Kenner was sentenced to imprisonment of one year on each of the seven counts on which he was convicted, the sentences to run concurrently.

The offenses of which Kenner was convicted consisted essentially of bribery of employees of the Internal Revenue Service. Kenner was a certified public accountant who prepared income tax returns for his…