Legal Opinion
United States v. George Curtis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 31, 2015No. 14-2069PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
George W. Curtis was convicted of three misdemeanor counts of failure to pay income taxes, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7203. On appeal, he contends that the district court abused its discretion in admitting evidence of other wrongdoing and in instructing the jury on the meaning of “willfulness.” We affirm.
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George W. Curtis has been a lawyer for more than fifty years. He was running his successful law practice as a sole proprietorship at the time of the events relevant to this appeal. His tax difficulties began in 1996 and 1997, when he filed returns reporting tax…
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