United States v. Rampton

HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Defendant April Rampton received a large tax-refund check from the IRS after she submitted false tax forms. She claims that the refund check was a government pronouncement that her actions were legal. After receiving her refund she helped others submit false tax returns using the same method. For her efforts she was convicted on nine counts of aiding and abetting the filing of false and fraudulent claims for income-tax refunds between January 15 and February 19, 2009. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 287 and 2. She asserts that the district court’s refusal to instruct the jury on the…