United States v. Priscilla Hull

Appellant Priscilla Hull was convicted of embezzling mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1709 (1982). Hull worked in the World-way Postal Center scanning labels on registered mail addressed to Beverly Hills. Because packages containing jewelry had been disappearing from the registered mail section, postal inspectors prepared a test package with the appropriate appearance. Hull did not transfer the test package to the Beverly Hills mail pouch, and postal inspectors later found it in her purse. Appellant was sentenced to three years imprisonment: two years because of the theft for which she was…