U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
United States v. Michael E. Smith
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Raymond M. Kethledge
- Filed
- Feb. 26, 2019
- Case
- United States v. Michael E. Smith
- Case status
- Decided
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KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge. *441 The defendants here took part in a decade-long scheme surreptitiously to sell tax-free cigarettes, thereby defrauding federal, state, and local governments of more than $ 45 million in tax revenue. The federal government eventually uncovered the scheme and char…
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