By: Derek Hawkins//September 12, 2016//
7th 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