Mark Beckham, Petitioner v. United States
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January 13, 2020
Ex-CPA Faces 3 Years As Justices Decline IRS Obstruction Case
A former certified public accountant faces a three-year sentence for obstructing an IRS investigation after the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to consider whether the jury convicting him received faulty instructions.
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December 06, 2019
CPA Seeks High Court Review Of Finding He Obstructed IRS
Faulty instructions led a jury to wrongly convict a former certified public accountant of obstructing an IRS investigation — for which he received a 36-month prison sentence — without proving all the elements of his crime, he has told the Supreme Court.
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November 22, 2019
Justices Urged To Toss Ex-CPA's Appeal Of 36-Mo. Sentence
A former certified public accountant's 36-month sentence for obstructing an IRS investigation into a client cannot be challenged because an error in jury instruction was harmless and did not change the verdict, the U.S. has told the Supreme Court.
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August 20, 2019
Misinformed Jury Led To Ex-CPA's 36-Month Sentence, Justices Told
The U.S. Supreme Court should review an Eighth Circuit decision backing an ex-CPA's 36-month sentence for obstructing an IRS investigation into a client because a misinformed jury in the lower courts led to his conviction, according to a recent petition.