DesertFox
04-27-2007, 08:31 PM
The District's chief federal judge yesterday overturned an earlier court ruling and ordered a magistrate judge to consider sending D.C. Council member Marion Barry to prison for failing to file his taxes.
The ruling ... reverses an opinion last month ... that appeared to keep Mr. Barry out of prison. ...
Prosecutors ... said that even after Mr. Barry pleaded guilty to not filing his taxes, he did not make arrangements to pay taxes on more than $500,000 in income.
"Eleven months have passed since the defendant received a lenient sentence of probation, and he inexplicably has failed to do the first thing he was required to do as a condition of his probation, obey the tax laws by filing his tax returns as required," wrote Assistant U.S. Attorneys Thomas Zeno and James Cooper. "He in no way deserves further leniency."
More (http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20070426-112337-5719r.htm)
The ruling ... reverses an opinion last month ... that appeared to keep Mr. Barry out of prison. ...
Prosecutors ... said that even after Mr. Barry pleaded guilty to not filing his taxes, he did not make arrangements to pay taxes on more than $500,000 in income.
"Eleven months have passed since the defendant received a lenient sentence of probation, and he inexplicably has failed to do the first thing he was required to do as a condition of his probation, obey the tax laws by filing his tax returns as required," wrote Assistant U.S. Attorneys Thomas Zeno and James Cooper. "He in no way deserves further leniency."
More (http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20070426-112337-5719r.htm)