Legal Opinion

United States v. Chet West

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 22, 2016No. 15-3026PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Chet Lee West was convicted by a jury on three counts of tax evasion in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201 and sentenced to fifty-one months’ imprisonment and three years’ supervised release. He appeals the district court’s exclusion of certain evidence and its imposition of two special conditions of supervised release. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

I. BACKGROUND

Computer Specialist Inc. (CSI) hired West as a computer technician in June 2006. West submitted a Form W-4 to CSI claiming he was exempt from any federal income tax withholdings. He also represented in…

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