United States v. Pomponio

How courts have described this case

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• holding that term `willful' in statute prohibiting willful filing of false income tax return means `a voluntary, intentional violation of a known legal duty'
• concluding that “[a]n additional instruction on good faith was unnecessary” where the trial judge had properly instructed the jury regarding the mens rea elements of an offense
• stating that willfulness as used in § 7206(1) “means a voluntary, intentional violation of a known legal duty”
• explaining that where a district court instructs the jury that the term “willful” as used in section 7206 means “a voluntary, intentional violation of a known legal duty, ... [a]n additional instruction on good faith [i]s unnecessary”
• using legalistic meaning of “willful” in prosecution for willfully filing a false income tax return
• finding that similar instruction given by the trial court was appropriate

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