United States v. Marks

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Richard Marks (“Marks”) was convicted of numerous offenses arising from his involvement in Anderson’s Ark and Associates (“AAA”), an organization that created, promoted, and implemented schemes to assist U.S. taxpayers in the evasion of their income tax liabilities and that also defrauded its own clients. Marks was sentenced to serve a prison term and to pay restitution.

Marks appeals his conviction and sentence on several grounds: that the district court denied him a fair trial because it was biased against him and the other pro se defendants; that…