State v. Faul

SAND, Justice.

The defendant Scott Faul [Faul] appealed a county court with increased jurisdiction judgment of conviction resulting from a jury verdict finding him guilty of two counts of failure to file tax returns as required by § 57-38-45, North Dakota Century Code, for the years 1977 and 1978.

Faul had filed income tax returns (Form 37) with the State Tax Department for the years 1977 and 1978. Several spaces on both forms contained the notation “Object: Self-Incrimination.” 1 The tax department informed him that Form 37 for these years, as he had completed them, did not constitute valid…