No. 19-139

Delmar Hardy v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-30
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
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 ToscherHochman Salkin Toscher Perez, P.C., Petitioner
Lacey Elizabeth StrachanHochman Salkin Toscher Perez, P.C., Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent