*1 decided is a The issue here lack thereof. one, reversing and in we do
narrow imply that the unlicensed or unau-
intend of law will be practice sanctioned
thorized this circuit.
Therefore, judgment reversed to the trial court cause is remanded judgment to vacate the
with directions the indictment as
conviction and dismiss allege against an
failing to offense
United States. AND
REVERSED REMANDED. America,
UNITED STATES
Plaintiff-Appellant, PAEPKE, Defendant-Appellee.
Thomas A.
No. 76-1203. Appeals,
United States Court
Seventh Circuit.
Argued Sept. Feb.
Decided 28", March Amended
386 Crampton, Atty. Gen.,
Scott P. Asst. Powell, Atty., Div., D. Dept, Tax Carleton Justice, Washington, C., plaintiff- D. appellant. Neider, Madison, Wis., ap- E.
Charles pellee. CASTLE, Judge,
Before Senior Circuit TONE, KUNZIG,* Judge, Judge.
KUNZIG, Judge. of first impression
This -case
asks the
court to determine to what extent
the ex-
clusionary
prohibits
rule1
illegal-
the use of
ly seized evidence
tax fraud al-
committed some months after the
legedly
Judge Doyle,
seizure. District
in the West-
Wisconsin, suppressed
ern
arising from
an
evidence
ap-
county authorities. The Government
jurisdiction
peals, with
of the court based
(1970).2
3731
upon 18 U.S.C. §
*
Kunzig
Judge
appeal
Robert L.
United States
the United
lie
States shall
An
sitting by designation.
Claims
appeals from
or order
a
court
decision
(sic) suppressing or
courts
exclud-
district
See,
g.,
424
e.
Gamer
requiring
ing
the return of seized
(1976);
96 S.Ct.
47
Unit
proceeding,
property
a criminal
made
Janis,
U.S. 433,
v.
ed States
S.Ct. 3021
put
jeopardy
defendant has been
after the
,
Powell,
(1976); Stone v.
finding
the verdict or
on an
and before
indict-
465, 96
information,
if
United
ment
(1976);
v.
United States
attorney
certifies
the district court that the
(1974);
Harris
delay
appeal
not taken
York,
v. New
proof
is a
substantial
Ohiо,
Mapp
(1971);
proceeding.
fact material
Weeks
appeal
in all such
shall be
cases"
taken
decision,
thirty days
judg-
after the
within
L.Ed. 652
and shall
or order has been rendered
ment
prosecuted.
diligently
part:
provides in
U.S.C. §
2. 18
April
ad-
On
properly
to be
an
the evidence
individ-
We hold
ual tax return for the
year ending
taxable
missible.
return,
1971. This
December
made and
prose-
leading
this federal
Events
subscribed under the
penalty
perjury,
County,
with Marin
California
began
cution
adjusted gross
$3,275,
listed an
income of
*3
arresting
defendant-
Paepke,
Arnold
allegedly
derived
“golf
from
playing.”
airport
on
Sаn Francisco
appellee, at
return
The
noted a total tax
owing
due and
arrest,
26,1971.
the time of his
At
October
$234,
$12,725
stated that
had been seized
from
He was
was seized
him.
on
IRS
October 27 (sic),
and
a result of an earlier search
up as
picked
a
$12,491.
refund of
claimed
Following re-
The
Valley,
Mill
California.
house in
a
return,
ceipt
the IRS referred the
Paepke
house connected
with
of that
search
to its Intelligence
matter
Division.
activity.
illegal drug
later,
years
About
two
on
January
arrest,
Following the
of Califor-
State
1974, Paepke submitted another
refund
prosecute Paеpke
to
for violation
sought
nia
to the IRS. He
claim
restated that in 1971
charges
The
narcotics
laws.
adjusted
had an
gross
$3,275,
he
income of
however, because the state court
dropped,
liability
a tax
again
$234.
and
Once
he
original search
the house
(finding the
a refund of the
requested
difference be-
and infor-
illegal) suppressed all evidence
tween the
and the amount which
$234
had
as a result of that search.
obtained
mation
been seized in
Obtaining
California.
no re-
$12,-
suppressed evidence included the
The
from
request,
lief
he next filed a civil
Paepke.
seizеd
in
suit for refund
the United States District
for the Western
District of Wisconsin
charges
state
were dropped,
After
March
on
That
Madison,
pend-
suit is still
Paepke
back to
Wisconsin.
went
and inactive.
ing
however,
$12,725,
was turned over to
Internal Revenue
which
Service
imme-
The United States then filed criminal
diately
year Oc-
terminated
tax
in
charges in the Western
District Wiscon-
1971,3
deficiency
a
of approx-
tober
assessed
August
rise
(giving
sin
to this
imately
and levied
the funds
The indictment
appeal).
charged that
1971, Paepke
In December
seized.
knowingly,
penalty
Paepke
perju-
under
Court, seeking
States Tax
to
adjusted
the United
ry, understated his
gross income
money returned
The suit
have the
to him.
1971 and
year
misrepresented
for
its
trial,
jurisdictional grounds.4
dismissed on
to
to
was
source.5 Prior
moved
pursuant
thereupon
to
3. The termination was
26 U.S.C.
and
taxes
such
shall
become im-
part:
6851(a)(1)
provides
payable.
mediately
§
due and
Secretary
general.
or
his dele-
—If
August
petition was
4. The
dismissed
gate
taxpayer designs quickly
finds that a
deficiency
not
issued
a
The IRS had
depart
or
from the United States
to remove
was,
time,
a
Such
notice
notice.
therefrom,
property
or to conceal himsеlf
prerequisite
jurisdictional
to review
the Tax
therein,
any
property
or his
to do
other act
Subsequently,
Court de-
Court.
prejudice
tending
wholly
or to render
States,
Laing v. United
cided
partly
proceedings
ineffectual
collect the
L.Ed.2d 416
That case
preceding
tax for the current or the
income
improper
IRS
held it
issue a
year
proceedings
be
taxable
unless
such
notice,
thereby
deficiency
denying
taxpayer
delay,
Secretary
brought without
or his
to the Tax Court.
423 U.S. at
access
period
delegate shall
declare
taxable
183-85,
process.
position
To allow
would B. EVIDENCE CONCERNING POSSES-
deny
in effect
the existence of information
OF
SION
THE MONEY
freely given
him the
Government for
In this section we
consider
ad
purposes.
all but refund
missibility of evidence showing the fact of
however,
Paepke,
does not rest on
possession of the
Octo
on
argument
disrespect”
his “breed
alone. He
again
ber
1971. We
employ the balanc-
admission,
that
We note
has
excеption
Court
con-
there would be no
to the
sistently
adopt
refused to
the “but for” test
exclusionary rule whatsoever.
See Brown v.
employed by the
If
below.
Illinois,
590, 603,
illegal
piece
plus
mere
of an
seizure
of
(1975); Wong
Sun v. United
through a
evidence somehow derived
chain of
471, 487-88,
371 U.S.
emanating
search,
illegal
causation
from the
Scios,
were sufficient somehow
contaminate
supra.
piece
automatically
so
of evidence
bar its
both, together
than
holding
years,
the evidence
with the
of Calandra
ing test
exclusionary rule.
prosecution.
costs of
not barred
evidence
illegally seized
focus is whether
7206(1) (1970).
§
26 U.S.C.
commission
be used
can
itself
concentrate
making
Both statutes
on the
tax fraud.13
subsequent
of
false material declarations as the crimi-
of
analysis
provided
Framework
provide
Both laws
penal-
nal act.
for stiff
Court decisions
two recent
conviction. But
important-
most
ties
evidence as
illegally
the use
allow
ly,
require
both laws
that the declarant be
be
proof
perjury
committed
affirmative
of his responsibility
aware
to tell the truth.
v. Raft
jury
grand
fore
—United
by requiring
1623does this
18 U.S.C.
that
§
1976),
(9th
and United
F.2d 854
Cir.
ery, 534
testimony
given
under oath. The
Turk,
Cir.),
(5th
F.2d 654
cert.
requires that thе
tax law
declarations be
den.
truthful,
penalty
under
of perjury.
It is
Turk,
Raftery and
(1976). In both
requirement
truthfulness
both
were aware
witnesses
brings the case now
before the
statutes
testified; both knew that
they
when
within Raftery
court
and Turk.
against
not be used
them
Raftery and Turk involved the affirma-
testifying
lied in
before
directly. Yet both
use of evidence seized in violation of
tive
prosecuted.
for the
juries and
grand
the Fourth Amendment in a trial for the
perjury
on the basis of
subsequent crime
crime of
subsequent
perjury.
case at
seized evidence.
involves the use of evidence seized in
bar
exist between the crime
parallels
Obvious
of the Fourth Amendment in a
violation
grand jury
perjury before
subsequent
trial for the
crime of tax avoid-
filing a false income
return.
crime
any
We fail to discern
ance.
substantial
“False declarations before
The crime of
between the two situations and
difference
delineated in 18
jury or court” is
grand
Raftery
hold that
arid Turk
applicable
(1970):
§
U.S.C.
at bar. Cf.
to the case
Garner v. United
any proceed-
oath in
(a) Whoever under
any
grand
.
.
.
court or
ing before
knowingly
of the United States
jury
however, contends that
Paepke,
Raftery
any false material declаration
makes
urges
are different. He
and Turk
that in
not more than
shall be fined
it was not predictable
cases
those
that the
than five
imprisoned
not more
would be
testify
called to
before
defendants
both.
years, or
Here,
juries.
to the
grand
contrary, it was
provide
any
tax laws
Similarly, the
would file a tax
foreseeable
who:
person
foreseeable,
argues,
As it
he
return.
re-
and subscribes
Willfully makes
should be suppressed
on the
veri-
contains or is
.
. which
turn
forward-looking
policy
-
basis
that it is
declaration
fied
a written
exclusionary rule.
penalties
perjury,
under the
made
true and
dоes not believe to be
“foreseeability”
which he
We have traveled the
every material matter
as to
before,
A,
correct
supra. Paepke
Section
road
*8
prevents
type
prose-
of
and,
a choice
felony
upon
of a
guilty
shall
being
Therefore,
thereof,
predictable.
from
shall be fined not
cution
conviction
$5,000,
forward-looking policy of the exclusion-
imprisoned not more
than
more
method,
Paepke
throughout
misstated his
in
Section
income as to
It must be borne mind
13.
Judge Doyle
type
in
seeks
source and amount.
stated
B
of evidenсe
Government
what
plans
opinion,
IRS
to marshal
wants to use
its evi-
The United States
his
to introduce.
entirely
possession
only
Paepke’s
the circumstances
dence as to mask
facts that show
26,
surrounding
money
arrest or the fact that the sei-
1971.
Government
on October
show, by application
the net worth
zure occurred.
to
seeks
by suppression
methods,
would not be served
IRS collection
ary rule
and his claim that
requires
this case.
that all evi-
dence derived
an illegal
seizure be
Further,
Judge Doyle drew
we think that
suppressed. Both were refuted in Section
York,
Harris v. New
narrow a rule from
too
A, supra. Admission will not “breed disre-
222, 91
Accordingly, we hold both that The illegality of the by Paepke to obtain return of seizure does not ments allow him to commit with showing the the evidence and impunity the new crime of perjury or false possession of Octo- of his fact statement. 26, 1971, The are admissible. order of ber Because the defendant herd did. not have Judge is vacated and the case the District immunity rdturn, when he filed.his United proceed- Court for to the District remanded Turk, 526 (5th Cir.), F.2d 654 cert. opinion. with this not inconsistent ings denied, 823, 429 U.S. 97 S.Ct. 50 REMANDED. AND VACATED (1976), 84 and
Raftery,
(9th
* Raftery Raftery, suppressed the evidence was due to 534 F.2d at cf. Elkins v. statutory provision 245-249, a violation of a California concerning special requirements night- (1960) (Frankfurter, J., searches, dissenting). the Fourth Amendment.
