United States v. Boris Lomazov, United States of America v. Oleg Yasko

999 F.2d 545 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Boris LOMAZOV, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oleg YASKO, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 91-50729, 91-50793. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 8, 1993. Decided July 27, 1993. 1 Before NOONAN and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, * District Judge. 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 The appeals in these companion cases are from the defendants' convictions, after a jury trial, of conspiracy to evade federal gasoline excise taxes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 , and tax evasion and aiding and abetting tax evasion in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7201 and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (a). 4 Whether the Jewell Instruction Was Appropriate 5 Lomazov presents several arguments regarding what he claims was an improper Jewell instruction. See United States v. Jewell, 532 F.2d 697 (9th Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 426…