United States v. Justine H. Roberson

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Justine H. Roberson, an employee of the United States Postal Service, was convicted of mail theft in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1709 and sentenced to one year. She appeals this conviction alleging an unlawful arrest and subsequent illegal search as well as an improper voir dire instruction on the elements of proof. Finding that all three grounds of error constitute “dead letters,” we cannot deliver a reversal.

The Plant

In May 1980, Roberson was employed as a mail carrier for the Post Office located at Copperas Cove, Texas, which became the target of a…