State v. Karras

(on reassignment).

In this appeal we affirm a conviction on six counts of sales tax evasion and hold (1) that the trial court did not err in admitting certain summary charts and (2) that the jury instructions did not shift State’s burden of proof to the defendant.

Appellant Christos Karras (Karras) was indfeted by a Minnehaha County Grand Jury on two misdemeanor counts and four felony counts of making false and fraudulent tax returns to evade state sales tax.1 These counts involved misreporting of sales at Karras’ restaurant, the Time Out Steakhouse, during six two-month periods in 1984. After…