Here is the press release from USAO WD MO for the conviction of Dr. Leslie Robert MacLaren, an optometrist. The press release is short; I recommend it for some light reading.
Dr. MacLaren was convicted of five counts of evasion (hiding assets and the whole nine yards) and two counts of bankruptcy fraud. Even after being investigated, he took various steps to interfere and then filed an income tax return claiming $40 million in deductions.
The press release says that the jury deliberated for a little over an hour. So, that's seven felony counts in a little over an hour. Perhaps about 10 minutes per count, but less than that to actually consider each count because they had to do some predicate business. Certainly not the record for the shortest deliberations.
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