TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Jan 25, 2017
Former State Rep. Joe Armstrong escaped prison time for his tax evasion conviction, with a federal judge calling the act an “isolated incident” in an otherwise “exemplary” life. Knoxnews reports that Armstrong will receive three years of probation instead. Armstrong was convicted of filing a false tax return after a deal he made with a tobacco wholesaler to buy cigarette tax stamps, and then resell them after 42-cent tax hike went into effect.