United States v. Floyd

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Over two centuries ago, Benjamin Franklin famously wrote that “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Apparently unwilling to accept this conventional wisdom, defendants-appellants Catherine Floyd and William Scott Dion devised and participated in elaborate conspiracies to defraud the United States of tax revenues (or so the government alleges). A jury validated the government’s allegations, and the defendants, ably represented, now pursue several claims of error. After careful consideration of this asseverational array, we affirm.

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