United States v. Stephen L. Peister

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

Steven L. Peister was found guilty by a jury of violating I.R.C. § 7205, 26 U.S.C. § 7205, for willfully supplying false or fraudulent information to his employer on a withholding exemption certificate form W—4. Peister raises a number of issues on appeal which we treat under the following categories: (1) infringement upon right .to counsel; (2) prosecutorial misconduct; (3) admissibility of certain testimony; (4) sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdict; (5) the judge’s interpretation of willfulness and a good faith defense; (6) failure of the judge to rule on…