United States v. Beale

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

Robert B. Beale was convicted on five counts of tax evasion in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201, one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, and one count of failure to appear at trial in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 3146(a)(1). Beale appeals on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction for tax evasion, the district court judge should have recused herself because his efforts to intimidate her compromised her impartiality, he was denied adequate resources while in jail to prepare his pro se defense in…