United States v. Robert C. Bolin, A/K/A Bob Bolin

HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant, Robert C. Bolin, was convicted after a trial by jury of knowingly and intentionally using a communication facility, the mail, to facilitate the importation of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 843(b) and 843(c). A sentence of four years imprisonment was imposed. This is an appeal from the judgment of conviction.

THE FACTS

The facts in this case were largely undisputed. The defense presented no evidence at trial, but rested its case entirely on its argument that the government’s evidence did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant had…