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He’s Bad, He’s Bad, You Know It, He’s, Well, Not That Bad

By Peter Lattman

Wesley Snipes was found not guilty of federal tax-fraud and conspiracy charges Friday, but was convicted on three misdemeanor counts of failing to file a tax return. Here’s the NYT story. Click here, here, here and here for prior Law Blog coverage.

Snipes and two co-defendants, an ex-accountant and a tax
protest leader, were indicted in 2006. Snipes faced six additional
counts of willful failure to file a tax return from 1999-2004, a
period in which he signed two contracts. He was acquitted on three of
those and convicted on the others. He could be sentenced to three
years in prison, but faced as much 16 years. His co-defendants were convicted by the same jury of tax fraud and conspiracy.

Law Blog YouTube Video of the Day: Check out in this video clip of our favorite Snipes role ever: His 1987 performance as a gang leader in the Martin Scorcese-directed Michael Jackson music video “Bad.” It’s got the best gang dancing this side of “West Side Story.”

Full post as published by Law Blog - WSJ.com on February 01, 2008 (boomark / email).