United States v. Jiji Patel Silloo Patel

996 F.2d 1229 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jiji PATEL; Silloo Patel, Defendants-Appellants. No. 92-10622. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 11, 1993. Decided May 20, 1993. Before: REINHARDT, TROTT and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Jiji and Silloo Patel appeal their convictions for income tax evasion, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201 . They were convicted by a jury of willfully underreporting on their 1983 and 1984 income tax returns the income derived from their medical practice. We determine no errors were committed by the district court, and we affirm. 3 * JUROR MISCONDUCT 4 The Patels maintain the district court erred in not conducting an evidentiary hearing to determine whether alleged juror misconduct tainted the verdict in this case. We review for abuse of discretion "the trial court's choice of procedures for investigating allegations of juror…