United States v. Choate

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FERGUSON, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on defendant’s motion to suppress all evidence sought to be introduced against him in a prosecution for attempted tax evasion under 26 U.S.C. § 7201. His argument initially centered on the activities of one Carl Thompson, a government informant who, Choate contended, had obtained substantial information through an illegal search of his residence. That information, it was alleged, provided the impetus for the entire income tax investigation that culminated in Choate’s indictment and prosecution. During the course of an…