Bush issues pardon in tax

[ErsatzAnatchist]

President Bush has issued a series of Pardons this week, one of which was for a tax case. Does anyone have any information on this one. Google has been remarkably unhelpful.

Carey C. Hice Sr.- Travelers Rest, S.C.
Offense: Income tax evasion; 26 U.S.C. § 7201 and 18 U.S.C. § 2.
Sentence: March 5, 1996; District of South Carolina; three years' probation condition on 180 days' home confinement and a $13,000 fine.

[darling]

Not much more info:
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article ... 001/NEWS01

President Bush pardoned a Travelers Rest man on Monday, more than 12 years after he was convicted of income tax evasion and sentenced to 180 days of home confinement.
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Carey C. Hice Sr., 67, said, "I thank Jesus Christ for it. I'm just elated."

Bush pardoned 13 others along with Hice, who paid a $13,000 fine after his 1996 conviction. The crime will be eliminated from Hice's record.

Hice said he is a chemical company owner, a father of three and grandfather of five with no connections to the Bush administration. "I'm just an average person who never had been in trouble," he said.

The new round of White House pardons, less than two months before Bush leaves office, are his first since March, according to The Associated Press.

Hice said he asked for a pardon without the help of an attorney. He said the attorney he had initially hired either couldn't or didn't want to find the papers he needed. The process included an interview with the FBI, Hice said.

[LPC]

The docket is on PACER. He was charged with one count of tax evasion (26:7201) and aiding and abetting (18:2) and pleaded guilty.

U.S. District Court
District of South Carolina (Greenville)
CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 6:95-cr-00951-HMH-1

Case title: USA v. Hice
Date Filed: 11/03/1995
Date Terminated: 03/05/1996

Date Filed # Docket Text
11/03/1995 1 WAIVER OF INDICTMENT by Carey C. Hice Sr. executed (mbis) (Entered: 11/03/1995)
11/03/1995 2 INFORMATION as to Carey C. Hice (1) count(s) 1 filed (mbis) (Entered: 11/03/1995)
11/03/1995 Added Government Attorney David Calhoun Stephens (mbis) (Entered: 11/03/1995)
11/03/1995 Added for Carey C. Hice Sr. Attorney Albert Quitman Taylor Jr. (mbis) (Entered: 11/03/1995)
11/03/1995 3 Plea Agreement as to Carey C. Hice Sr. (mbis) (Entered: 11/03/1995)
11/03/1995 Change of Plea Hearing as to Carey C. Hice Sr. held before Judge Henry M. Herlong Jr. Defendant present w/counsel. Waiver of indictment executed. Information filed. Plea agreement. ARR: P/G entered by defendant as to information. Sentencing deferred for P/S Report. Defendant put on $30,000 Unsecured bond. (mbis) (Entered: 11/03/1995)
11/03/1995 PLEA entered by Carey C. Hice Sr.. Court accepts plea. Guilty: Carey C. Hice (1) count(s) 1 (mbis) (Entered: 11/03/1995)
11/03/1995 4 APPEARANCE BOND entered by Carey C. Hice Sr. in Amount $ 30,000.00 Unsecured (mbis) (Entered: 11/03/1995)
11/08/1995 STANDING ORDER 6:93-MC130-20 as to Carey C. Hice Sr. RE: stating that all attorneys will furnish the probation office a signed dated statement that there are no objections to the presentence report or that there are unresolved objections (mbis) (Entered: 11/08/1995)
01/26/1996 NOTICE of Hearing as to Carey C. Hice Sr.:, set Sentencing for 9:30 on Wednesday 2/21/96 in Greenville, SC before Judge Henry M. Herlong Jr. (mbis) (Entered: 01/26/1996)
01/31/1996 NOTICE of Hearing as to Carey C. Hice Sr.:, reset Sentencing for 9:00 on Friday 3/1/96 in Greenville, SC before Judge Henry M. Herlong Jr. (mbis) (Entered: 01/31/1996)
02/05/1996 NOTICE of Hearing as to Carey C. Hice Sr.:, reset Sentencing for 9:00 on Tuesday 3/5/96 in Greenville, SC before Judge Henry M. Herlong Jr. (mbis) (Entered: 02/05/1996)
02/13/1996 5 ORDER as to Carey C. Hice Sr., authorizing release of Grand Jury information to IRS examination Division ( Signed by Judge Henry M. Herlong Jr. ) MLD EOD 02/13/96 (mbis) (Entered: 02/13/1996)
03/05/1996 Sentencing held before Judge Henry M. Herlong Jr. Carey C. Hice (1) count(s) 1 Court reporter: stephanie anderson (former empl) (Entered: 03/05/1996)
03/05/1996 6 PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION REPORT (Sealed) as to Carey C. Hice Sr. (former empl) (Entered: 03/05/1996)
03/08/1996 7 JUDGMENT Carey C. Hice (1) count(s) 1. Probation for a period of 36 months with defendant shall participate in a home confinement program for 180 consecutive days with electronic monitoring with defendant to pay the costs and pay a fine of $13,000 immediately and $50.00 Special Assessment Fee. ( Signed by Judge Henry M. Herlong Jr. )MLD.EOD: 3/8/96 (former empl) (Entered: 03/08/1996)
03/08/1996 Case closed as to all defendants: Carey C. Hice Sr. (former empl) (Entered: 03/08/1996)
05/15/1996 Original Presentence Report returned to U. S. Probation on Carey C. Hice Sr. (former empl) (Entered: 05/15/1996)