Legal Opinion
United States v. Jerry Lee Harvey, United States of America v. Jerry Lee Harvey
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 24, 1988No. 87-1877, 87-1878PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAGG, Circuit Judge.
Jerry Lee Harvey was convicted in 1987 of conspiring to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. Harvey’s conviction arose out of his participation in a scheme to avoid payment of appropriate federal taxes related to the sale of an airplane. Harvey appeals, claiming the district court improperly admitted evidence of Harvey’s involvement over ten years earlier in other criminal activities. We reverse and remand for a new trial.
Harvey arranged through Patrick McCarten, an airplane broker in St. Louis, Missouri, to buy a Lear jet. The terms of the sale…
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