Legal Opinion

United States v. Veronica Fairchild

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 17, 2016No. 14-3517PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

A jury found Veronica J. Fairchild guilty on four counts of making and subscribing a false tax return, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §' 7206(1). The district court 1 sentenced Fairchild to 33 months’ imprisonment. On appeal, Fairchild' argues that (1) insufficient evidence supports the jury’s finding that Fairchild knowingly and willfully un-derreported her income; (2) the district court abused its discretion in failing to instruct the jury that it was required to unanimously agree on which source of income that Fairchild failed to report on her income tax return; and (3) the…

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3Cited by2 opinions

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