Black Entertainment : Wesley Snipes Acquitted of Tax Felonies

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By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON
OCALA, Fla. — The actor Wesley Snipes was acquitted of the most serious charges against him on Friday in the most prominent tax prosecution since Leona Helmsley, the billionaire hotelier, was convicted of tax fraud in 1989.

Mr. Snipes was found not guilty on two felony charges of fraud and conspiracy. He was also acquitted on three misdemeanor charges of failing to file tax returns or to pay taxes, but was convicted on three others. He faces up to three years in prison.

Mr. Snipes had become an unlikely public face for the tax-denier movement, whose members maintain that Americans are not obligated to pay income taxes and that the government extracts taxes from its citizens illegally.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/business/01cnd-tax.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&emc=na&pagewanted=print
 
Mad Skillz said:
By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON
OCALA, Fla. — The actor Wesley Snipes was acquitted of the most serious charges against him on Friday in the most prominent tax prosecution since Leona Helmsley, the billionaire hotelier, was convicted of tax fraud in 1989.

Mr. Snipes was found not guilty on two felony charges of fraud and conspiracy. He was also acquitted on three misdemeanor charges of failing to file tax returns or to pay taxes, but was convicted on three others. He faces up to three years in prison.

Mr. Snipes had become an unlikely public face for the tax-denier movement, whose members maintain that Americans are not obligated to pay income taxes and that the government extracts taxes from its citizens illegally.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/01/business/01cnd-tax.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&emc=na&pagewanted=print
what wesley had was money and a good lawyer,that usually does the trick.
 
What Mr. Wesley had was some lawyers who did not understand the laws fully. If they knew the laws he wouldn't have gotten one single day! This has nothing to do with him having money...or are you still under the assumption that paying taxes are legal???? Mind you...there are state taxes that must be paid, but what I'm speaking about is federal taxes...and of those, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY ONE SINGLE DIME!!!!!
 
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/12/09/entertainment/main7132784.shtml

Federal Court Rejects Snipes' Appeal In Tax Case
First Posted: 9/6/11 10:40 AM ETUpdated: 9/6/11 02:49 PM ET

By Associated Press
ATLANTA — A federal appeals court in Atlanta has turned away the latest attempt by actor Wesley Snipes to get his conviction and prison sentence on tax charges overturned.
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Tuesday rejected the appeal by Snipes, who was convicted in 2008 on three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file income tax returns.
Defense lawyers contended they received two emails from former jurors who reported misconduct among other members of the panel. But the court held that it wasn't "strong, substantial and incontrovertible evidence" that would warrant a new trial.
Snipes started a three-year term in a Pennsylvania prison in December. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/06/federal-court-rejects-sni_0_n_950321.html
 

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