United States v. Ernest Rodriguez

GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Ernest Rodriguez, was at all times pertinent to this case, a United States Postal Service employee working as a post office window teller in downtown San Antonio, Texas. In May, 1979, appellant became the target of an internal investigation being carried out by postal inspectors. One of these inspectors, Gregorio Castillo, as part of his investigation, rented a post office box at the downtown post office using a fictitious name. Castillo mailed a letter to the post office box with insufficient postage. On May 16, 1979, at the direction of Castillo, a nonpostal…