Legal Opinion
United States v. Evelyn Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 21, 2018No. 18-1313PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Easterbrook, Circuit Judge.
After pleading guilty to preparing false tax returns for her clients, 26 U.S.C. § 7206 (2), Evelyn Johnson was sentenced to 18 months in prison, to be followed by one year's supervised release. The judgment includes $79,325 in restitution-the amount that Johnson's clients unlawfully avoided paying (with respect to the counts of conviction) that had not been collected from the taxpayers before sentencing. Johnson does not contest her convictions or the length of her sentences. But she says that the prosecution should have told the judge how much more it might collect…
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