Legal Opinion
United States v. Littrice
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 31, 2012No. 18-1507PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted LaShawn Littrice of fourteen counts of willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation of tax returns containing materially false and fraudulent claims, including phony medical and business expenses and charitable donations. The evidence at trial proved a tax loss of $31,849. At sentencing, the government proposed a tax loss figure of $1.6 million by identifying 662 returns Littrice prepared that contained materially fraudulent or false claims similar to those proven at trial and eliminating the contested returns. After multiple hearings and…
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