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Friedberg v. United States, 348 U.S. 142 (1954)
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Friedberg v. United States, 348 U.S. 142 (1954)
Friedberg v. United States No. 18 Argued October 20, 1954 Decided December 6, 1954 348 U.S. 142
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
Syllabus
Petitioner was convicted under § 145 af the Internal Revenue Code of willfully attempting to evade his income taxes for 1945, 1946, and 1947. The Government relied on the net worth method of proof considered in Holland v. United States, ante, p. 121. Petitioner contended that, at the opening of the computation period, he had cash on hand "far in excess" of $60,000 which was not included in the Government’s computation. The Government’s evidence did not directly dispute this, but it did trace petitioner’s finances from 1922 through 1947 and presented detailed evidence of petitioner’s financial difficulties from which the jury could readily conclude that petitioner had accumulated no such financial reserve.
Held: the conviction is affirmed. Pp. 143-146.
(a) The Government’s detailed evidence of petitioner’s financial difficulties prior to the beginning of the computation period amply justified the jury’s conclusion that he had accumulated no such cash reserve as he claimed. Pp. 143-144.
(b) Testimony of a government witness, on cross-examination, that he had not included any cash on hand in computing petitioner’s net worth at the beginning of the computation period, because he found no evidence that petitioner had any cash on hand, was not a mere conclusion which invaded the province of the jury. Pp. 144-145.
(c) There was no reversible error in the trial judge’s supplemental instruction to the jury. Pp. 145-146.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Friedberg v. United States, 348 U.S. 142 (1954) in 348 U.S. 142 348 U.S. 143. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=84TAV5FBWYM7XXU.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Friedberg v. United States, 348 U.S. 142 (1954), in 348 U.S. 142, page 348 U.S. 143. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=84TAV5FBWYM7XXU.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Friedberg v. United States, 348 U.S. 142 (1954). cited in 1954, 348 U.S. 142, pp.348 U.S. 143. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=84TAV5FBWYM7XXU.
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