UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jack Curtis COMER, Defendant-Appellant

MOORE, Circuit Judge.

Between September 1993 and March 1994, Appellant Jack Curtis Comer, who was employed by the U.S. Postal Service as a supervisor at the Memphis Bulk Mail Center (“MBMC”), repeatedly stole articles of mail from registered parcels that were mistakenly delivered to the MBMC rather than to the Memphis General Mail Facility. Comer stole jewelry from several parcels, and in July 1994, he stole five $5,000 bearer bonds from a registered parcel. After taking the bonds, Comer solicited the assistance of co-defendant James Hillman to redeem them.

Comer was charged in a seven-count…