State v. Jackson

Eugene R. Jackson is a 1953 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School who practices law in Chippewa Falls. He is forty-nine years of age, married with four children. He was charged in a criminal complaint with failing to file state income tax returns for the years 1972, 1973, and 1974. He pleaded nolo contendere to the charge for one of the years. The charges for the other two years were dismissed. Jackson was found guilty of failing to file and was fined $500. Prior to the conviction, he had filed all of his state returns and paid all state taxes due.

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