United States v. Ashfield

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal comes to us from the trial of Sanford Storm and Jerome Ashfield, two business associates who were charged with attempted evasion of personal income taxes. After a jury returned guilty verdicts against each defendant, the trial court sustained Storm’s conviction, but ruled that the evidence against Ashfield was insufficient and entered a judgment of acquittal in his favor. On appeal, a careful examination of the record leaves us satisfied that Storm’s conviction should be affirmed. We are, however, compelled to differ with the trial court’s…