United States v. Loren M. Barta, Cr. 3-88-51. A lawyer in private practice was convicted of tax evasion and of filing false tax returns. Post-trial motions unsuccessfully challenged Judge Devitt's decision to exclude testimony by a clinical psychologist as to a "detail phobia" which supposedly impaired the defendant's ability to keep tax records. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Pre-trial records include a complete filled-in Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R) psychological test of the defendant. I.

United States v. Loren M. Barta, Cr. 3-88-51. A lawyer in private practice was convicted of tax evasion and of filing false tax returns. Post-trial motions unsuccessfully challenged Judge Devitt's decision to exclude testimony by a clinical psychologist as to a "detail phobia" which supposedly impaired the defendant's ability to keep tax records. Complete trial documents including pre-trial motions, jury instructions, Judge Devitt's trial notes, and post-trial motions. Pre-trial records include a complete filled-in Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R) psychological test of the defendant. I., Folder 2, Box: 8, Folder: 2. Judge Edward J. Devitt Papers, OGLMC-1253. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections. https://archives.und.edu//repositories/2/archival_objects/13589 Accessed November 23, 2025.