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of Family Services, from the money to be returned to petitioner
pursuant to the order of the District Court.
H. Petitioner’s Criminal Prosecution
On March 24, 2000, petitioner was indicted by a Federal
grand jury in Springfield, Missouri, on one count of conspiracy
and two counts of violation of 18 U.S.C. sections 922(j)
(knowingly conspiring with others to receive, possess, conceal,
store, barter, sell and dispose of stolen firearms) and 924(a)(2)
(knowingly receiving, possessing, concealing, storing, bartering,
selling, and disposing of stolen firearms). See United States v.
Sykes, No. 00-03021-01-CR-S-1 (W.D. Mo. 2000). On June 7, 2000,
he was convicted on all three counts of the indictment.
Petitioner filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Eighth Circuit in February 2001.4
I. Petitioners’ Income Tax Returns
Petitioners filed tax returns for 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998, but did not file a return for
1985, 1986, 1987, or 1988. They reported income on their Federal
income tax returns for 1989 through 1998 as follows:
4 As of May 22, 2001, this appeal remained pending.
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