United States v. John C. Parenti

OPINION OF THE COURT

This appeal is from a judgment of conviction entered by the District Court pursuant to a jury verdict finding the defendant-appellant John C. Parenti guilty of attempting to evade and defeat payments of his 1961, 1962 and 1963 income taxes in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. § 7201.

On this appeal Parenti challenges as prejudicial error ten of the trial judge’s rulings on the admission of evidence and two of his instructions to the jury. He also challenges as unconstitutional the Government’s use of the “net worth” method of proof. Finally, he contends that the Government’s…