Legal Opinion
United States v. Deborah Jean Ross
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 16, 2000No. 98-50071PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge:
Deborah Jean Ross appeals from her conviction for misappropriation of postal funds in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1711. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
I
Ross was a twenty-six year employee of the United States Postal Service (“Postal Service”), whose duties included selling money orders to the public. United States postal money orders are designed to be issued sequentially in exchange for cash, and postal clerks trained to sell them accept responsibility for money orders in 100-count sets. The clerks are held personally responsible for the…
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