Sentencing – Sufficiency of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//September 12, 2016//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Roy K. Shannon Jr.

Case No.: 15-2667

Officials: EASTERBROOK and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges and YANDLE, District Judge

Focus: Sentencing – Sufficiency of Evidence

There was sufficient evidence to support conviction of appellant

“Here, there was evidence that Shannon assigned his coconspirators their roles within the conspiracy. He also recruited his co-conspirators and brought them together for purposes of executing the fraudulent scheme. There is also evidence that shows Shannon exerted significant control over his co-conspirators and their actions in furtherance of the scheme. In one instance, when Taylor asked Shannon if he should continue filing the bogus returns after having already filed a first batch, Shannon gave the “green light.” In that same exchange, Shannon said that “[i]f my money gets fucked up, I’m gonna kill everybody involved …”.”

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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