Legal Opinion
United States v. Wallace Ward
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1993No. 91-10293PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Wallace Ward appeals his conviction of three counts of attempt to evade income tax in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201 and three counts of failure to file income taxes in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7203. Ward argues that a new trial is necessary because the district court did not allow him to swear to an oath of his own creation, there*1017by precluding him from testifying in his own defense. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
BACKGROUND
Ward is the president of I & 0 Publishing Company, a mail-order house and publisher located in Boulder City, Nevada. The prosecution…
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