United States v. Robert A. Hawley

The defendant, Robert A. Hawley, appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his motions for a mistrial, judgment of acquittal, and a new trial, 592 F.Supp. 1186. We affirm.

The defendant was indicted for three counts of willful failure to file income tax returns for the years 1977, 1978, and 1979. 26 U.S.C. § 7203 (1982). 2 A jury found the defendant not guilty as to count one, which concerned failure to file in 1977, but did find him guilty as to counts two and three. The defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for a year on each count, and the sentences are to run consecutively.

The…