Legal Opinion
Watts v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 16, 1954No. 4736_1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Robert Maxwell Watts, was indicted, tried and convicted of wilfully attempting to defeat and evade federal income taxes in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. ■§ 145(b). In this appeal he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the charge, the instructions of the court, and the dismissal of the court on its own motion of Jack D. La Rock from service on the jury.
Appellant was engaged in the construction and building of houses in the cities of Pueblo and Craig, Colorado. He organized and owned a large block of stock in two companies, The Pueblo Housing…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Brown v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Troutman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1938
- United States v. StoehrCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- Bratcher v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1945
- United States v. ChapmanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1946
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Henry Marks v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1959
- Goldbaum v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. Lester H. BurdickCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1955
- Clyde Eugene Garner, Audrey Hart Garner, Horace G. Twitty, Oren Cloud Fesmire, Sammy Joe Garner, Edd John Mayo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1957
- Sitarski v. State of New YorkDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1973
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