United States v. Kenny Hogue and Jesse Meeks

DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

This is the second appeal involving the prosecution of Jesse B. Meeks (“Meeks”) and *1088Kenny Ray Hogue (“Hogue”)on an indictment under 18 U.S.C. § 656 for the misappropriation of Krugerrands from safe deposit boxes in the vault of First Republic Bank Dallas, N.A. (the “Bank”). At the time of their alleged offenses, Meeks and Hogue were engaged in their employment as locksmiths by Underwood Safe and Vault Service (“Underwood Safe”), which had contracted with the Bank to provide locksmith services to the Bank for the repair and maintenance of its safe deposit boxes. In the…