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As Wesley Trent Snipes prepares to celebrate his 48th birthday on July 31, a panel of judges from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh says he must serve 3 years prison term.
Despite innumerable character references from some of his actor friends including Denzel Washington, he was given a 3 year jail time.
The judge panel denied Snipes' claim that his three-year prison sentence for tax evasion was "unreasonable" and that he should have been granted a hearing to decide whether his trial should have been held in New York instead of Florida.
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His tax advisers, Douglas P. Rosile and Eddie Ray Kahn also received jail terms. According to the judges opinion obtained from Case#: 08-12402, “Eddie Ray Kahn’s organization, American Rights Litigators (“ARL”), that purported to assist customers in resisting the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). ARL employees, including co-defendant Douglas Rosile, and ARL members sent voluminous letters to the IRS, challenging the agency’s authority to collect taxes.”
Some recent film credits to Snipes includes, Brooklyn's Finest, Blade: Trinity, Bernie Mac Show (TV), Beyond with James Van Praagh (TV), and Undisputed.
The gifted actor also has a high ranking 5th Dan Black Belt in Shotokan Karate and has been training in martial arts since the age of 12.
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Sorry that you got sucked in by this “tax protest” nonsense, Mr. Snipes. Maybe you can serve an example to that following quack legal advice will probably ruin your life.