Legal Opinion
United States v. Edward Chambless Fogg, III
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1981No. 80-5900PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNNE, District Judge:
This appeal concerns the amazing attempt of appellant, the corporate president of a thriving food store chain, to skim approximately $80,000 per year off the wholesale price that his company paid for orange juice and pour it, tax-free, into his own pocket. On March 30, 1980, a grand jury, sitting in the Southern District of Florida, indicted appellant on ten counts of income tax evasion. Appellant’s jury trial began on June 11, 1980. At the close of the government’s case, the trial judge granted appellant’s motion for judgment of acquittal on those counts charging that…
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