United States v. Accardo, 298 F.2d 133 (7th Cir. 1962)

Seventh Circuit opinion of January 5, 1962 reversing Anthony Joseph Accardo's 1960 conviction for false statements on income tax returns and remanding for a new trial.

Date: 1962-01-05
Kind: court-opinion
Source: CourtListener (Free Law Project), text of the opinion
Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Docket: 298 F.2d 133 (7th Cir. 1962)
Rights: Opinion of a United States court. Works of the federal judiciary are in the public domain in the United States. The text was read on CourtListener.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, decided January 5, 1962; rehearing en banc denied February 19, 1962. Before Duffy, Schnackenberg, and Kiley, Circuit Judges; the opinion is by Kiley.

The appeal is from a judgment convicting the defendant, after a trial of nearly nine weeks, on three counts charging violations of § 7206(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. The opinion states: “He was sentenced to a total of six years in prison and fined $15,000.00.” The opinion discusses income he reported from Premium Beer Sales, Inc. and the expenses he scheduled against it; jury selection began September 12, 1960.

The court holds: “For prejudicial error at the trial, the judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for new trial.” This page does not record the outcome of any retrial.

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