Legal Opinion
United States v. Maria L. Galindo
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1989No. 88-1150PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
On this appeal from a conviction for five counts of mail theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708, followed by the denial of a motion to dismiss the indictment, we consider whether the evidence of an actual theft sufficed.
Maria L. Galindo was an employee of Call’s Jewelers. She had been authorized to pick up at the post office packages sent to her employer by certified mail. Call’s failed to receive five shipments of jewelry by certified mail. The Postal Service investigated. It determined that Galindo had fraudulently obtained two of the packages by forging the…
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- Michael Allen McCowan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
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- United States v. Jose Cepeda Mafnas, Also Known as Joseph Cepeda MafnasCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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