Legal Opinion
In Re Lowell H. Becraft, Jr. United States of America v. Kenneth W. Nelson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 6, 1989No. 88-1113PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
In February 1988, Kenneth Nelson was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada on three counts of failure to file income tax returns in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7203. Nelson, represented by counsel Lowell H. Becraft, Jr., then appealed to this court claiming, inter alia, that the district court erred in refusing to give his proposed jury instruction that a United States citizen residing in the United States is not subject to the federal income tax laws.
By memorandum disposition dated March 22, 1989, this court affirmed Nelson’s conviction, noting that…
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