United States v. George J. Blusco

ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petitioner pleaded guilty to three of seven counts charging violation of the Wagering Tax Laws, 26 Ú.S.C. § 7201 et seq., in August 1964, a time when assertion of his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination would not have barred conviction under these provisions. Lewis v. United States, 1955, 348 U.S. 419, 75 S.Ct. 415, 9(9 L.Ed. 475; United States v. Kahriger, 1953, 345 U.S. 22, 73 S.Ct. 510, 97 L.Ed. 754. After he had served his jail sentence and paid $1,233 of his fine, leaving a balance due of $3,850, the Supreme Court overruled Kahriger and…