United States v. George B. Parr

GEE, Circuit Judge:

George Parr, a longtime political figure in the South Texas County of Duval, was found guilty of four counts of attempted tax evasion 1 and four of filing returns, under penalty of perjury, which he did not believe correct in all material respects. 2 Counts 1 and 2 for attempted evasion and perjury were founded on the same income items for the year 1966, counts 3 and 4 for 1967, etc. Finding the perjury counts lesser included offenses within the corresponding attempt counts in each case, the district court imposed no sentence upon any of them. Identical sentences of five…