United States v. Jackson, No. 14-60928 (5th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his conviction for income tax evasion and corrupt interference with the administration of Internal Revenue laws. Defendant was engaged in a tax-avoidance scheme promoted by the Church of Compassionate Service and its senior minister. The court concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion when it disqualified plaintiff's counsel of choice for non-waivable conflicts of interest. In this case, counsel's actual and potential conflicts of interest could not be overcome by waiver where counsel represented the senior minister and other participants of the tax-avoidance scheme, and counsel borrowed money from the Church and his fee to represent defendant was to be paid with Church funds. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
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