Appeals court upholds Wesley Snipes' sentence (over failure to file tax returns)

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Sat Jul-17-10 04:54 PM
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Appeals court upholds Wesley Snipes' sentence (over failure to file tax returns)

(CNN) -- A federal appeals court has denied actor Wesley Snipes' claim that his three-year prison sentence for tax evasion was "unreasonable."

A panel of judges in the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld Snipes' 2008 sentencing on three misdemeanor counts of failing to file tax returns.

"The district court acted well within its considerable discretion in sentencing Snipes to thirty-six months in prison," the judges said.

Snipes had argued that the only reasonable sentence would have been a period of probation.

Snipes had been granted bond while he appealed his conviction on federal tax charges. It was unclear when he would be required to report to prison.

Full story: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/17/snipes.sentence.appeal/index.html

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Sat Jul-17-10 05:04 PM
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1. Non filing of taxes is definitely a misdemeanor and can be elevated to a felony

And the IRS will catch you. They have a powerful computer linked to 50 state computers as well as to Social Security and every other federal agency that ever came in contact with you. You can also be tracked through your city and state tax agencies, motor vehicle departments, unemployment offices, public welfare agencies, professional licensing boards and even through your voter registration records. The IRS will find you even if it takes years.

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