Legal Opinion
United States v. Jay Turoff, Alan Silver and Harriet Silver
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 14, 1988No. 460, 463 and 464, Dockets 87-1278, 87-1382 and 87-1383PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
On these appeals from criminal convictions for tax conspiracy and tax fraud, appellants raise a number of issues. The principal one is that it is impermissible to join in a single indictment multiple offenses involving tax and mail fraud schemes charged against the several defendants. Fed.R.Crim.P. 8(b) permits joinder of defendants if they participated “in the same series of acts or transactions constituting an offense or offenses.” Rule 8(a) states that for joinder of offenses the acts or transactions must either constitute a “common scheme or plan” or be otherwise…
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