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Parties Involved:
Margaret Ethel Linnell
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

April 4, 2008

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

MARGARET ETHEL LINNELL,

 Defendant - Appellant.

 

No. 08-2077

(D.C. No. 1:07-CR-00282-MCA-1)

ORDER

Before TACHA, MURPHY and HARTZ, Circuit Judges.

Margaret Ethel Linell is being prosecuted in the U.S. District Court for the District

of New Mexico on charges of aiding and abetting tax fraud and attempting to interfere

with the administration of tax laws. On March 4, 2008, the district court issued an order

continuing a previously scheduled jury trial to a later date. 

Using the name “Margaret Ethel Creditor” and acting without the benefit of

counsel, the defendant was permitted to file a document captioned as a “Notice of Appeal

and Leave to Proceed” which the district court construed as a notice of appeal from the

rescheduling order. A preliminary record was transmitted to this court and we opened

Case No. 08-2077.

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In criminal cases, finality for purposes of creating appellate jurisdiction does not

exist until both conviction and sentencing occur. United States v. Phelps, 17 F.3d 1334,

1336-37 & n. 10 (10th Cir. 1994). In this case, we have neither. There having been no

final appealable order entered in the district court proceeding as yet, this attempted appeal

is premature and is accordingly dismissed.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER

Clerk of Court

by:

Douglas E. Cressler

Chief Deputy Clerk

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