Wesley Snipes is free on bail pending an appeal of being sentenced to three years in prison.
The charges for which Snipes was convicted stemmed from his involvement with co-defendants Eddie Ray Kahn and Douglas P. Rosile, who allegedly advised Snipes that he was not required to pay taxes on income earned domestically.
By Eric Fulcher
May 25, 2008 20:32 PM GMT
Despite recently being sentenced to serve three years in prison on charges of willfully failing to file tax returns for three years, a judge granted Wesley Snipes' request to remain free on bail pending an appeal.Snipes' legal team had argued that he was not a flight risk and that he was working with the IRS to remedy his remaining debt. U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges agreed to let Snipes free so that he would not finish serving his term before his appeal was heard. The charges for which Snipes was convicted stemmed from his involvement with co-defendants Eddie Ray Kahn and Douglas P. Rosile, who allegedly advised Snipes that he was not required to pay taxes on income earned domestically. The "861 argument," based on language contained in the Internal Revenue Code, is favored by tax protestors, but has been historically rejected by the courts when used as a justification for non-payment of income tax.
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