United States v. Donald E. Meeker

BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Meeker asks us to overturn his conviction for failing to report income on his 1970 individual and corporate income tax returns. He argues that the prosecutor’s repeated use of improper and prejudicial questions in examining witnesses before the jury denied him a fair trial. We reverse.

Meeker was charged with failing to report gross receipts of his sole proprietorship and wholly owned corporation for the 1970 tax year. The Government presented evidence at trial of $167,741.92 in receipts defendant received on behalf of his proprietorship that he failed to report on his…