United States v. Stierhoff

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This case began when a young woman complained about a strange man who was harassing her. The state police launched an investigation, which later took an unexpected turn and morphed into an indictment for federal income tax evasion. The tale of how the stalker became the stalked follows.

I. BACKGROUND

We rehearse here only those facts that are useful to place the instant appeal in perspective. In setting forth this account, we take those facts in the light most hospitable to the jury’s verdict. See United States v. Diaz, 300 F.3d 66, 69 (1st Cir.2002). Other factual…