United States v. John D. Miller

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant John D. Miller was convicted on April 30, 1980, of two counts of violating 26 U.S.C. § 7203. A jury found that Miller had willfully failed to file income tax returns for the years 1976 and 1977, and he was sentenced to six-month prison terms on each count, to run concurrently. Miller’s primary arguments on appeal are that the jury was erroneously instructed, and that the trial court erred in refusing to allow the defendant to use certain demonstrative evidence at trial. We affirm the district court’s rulings.

Miller, who filed no income tax return in 1976, and a…