No. 19-139
Tags: cheek-v-united-states criminal-tax good-faith good-faith-reliance jury-instruction jury-instructions professional-reliance reliance-on-accountant specific-intent tax-fraud tax-law tax-professional willfulness
Latest Conference:
2019-11-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Does this Court's decision in Cheek v. United States, 498 U.S. 192 (1991), require a court to apply a subjective standard in determining whether there was evidence of full disclosure to support a reliance on a tax professional jury instruction in a criminal tax case?
2. Is a defendant entitled to a jury instruction on the defendant's reliance on a tax professional theory of defense in addition to a standard instruction on specific intent, where there is an adequate foundation for the defense?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a subjective standard must be applied in determining whether there was evidence of full disclosure to support a reliance on a tax professional jury instruction in a criminal tax case
Docket Entries
2019-11-04
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/1/2019.
2019-09-30
Brief of respondent United States of America in opposition filed.
2019-08-21
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 30, 2019.
2019-08-20
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 29, 2019 to September 30, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-07-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 29, 2019)
Attorneys
Delmar Hardy
Steven Richard Toscher — Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez, P.C., Petitioner
Lacey Elizabeth Strachan — Hochman Salkin Toscher Perez, P.C., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent