Legal Opinion
United States v. Solomon Gaines
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 1, 1982No. 81-7174PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Solomon Gaines was convicted after trial by jury of three counts of willfully and knowingly filing a false income tax return, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206. 1 Specifically, Gaines was convicted of filing tax returns for the years 1975-1977 that seriously understated his gross income. On appeal Gaines argues that the district court erred in refusing several proposed jury instructions and in restricting his attorney’s summation to the jury. We affirm.
Gaines, a lifelong resident of Monroe County, Georgia, dropped out of school after the fifth grade and appears…
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