Legal Opinion
United States v. Peter Hesser
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 8, 2015No. 13-11712PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Per curiam
In this appeal, Peter Hesser challenges his convictions for three counts of submitting false claims, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 287, and one count of attempting to evade or defeat a tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201. The three false-claims counts relate to income tax returns Hesser filed for 2005, 2006, and 2007. The tax-evasion count relates to actions Hesser took to avoid paying income taxes he owed for 2001, 2002, and 2003.
Hesser challenges both his convictions and his sentence on multiple grounds. First, with regard to the false-claims counts, he…
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