UNITED STATES v. EDMONSON

No. 81-2138 Summary Calendar.

659 F.2d 549 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Peter EDMONSON, Jr., and Edward Paul, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A.

October 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert I. Low, Beaumont, Tex. (court-appointed), for Edmonson.

Hugh O'Fiel, Beaumont, Tex., for Paul.

John H. Hannah, Jr., U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., Ruth L. Harris, Asst. U. S. Atty., Beaumont, Tex., Kate S. Pressman, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, GARZA and TATE, Circuit Judges.


TATE, Circuit Judge:

The defendants Edmonson and Paul were convicted on eight counts of unlawful possession of stolen mail. 18 U.S.C. § 1708. They were sentenced to consecutive terms on each count. The prosecution arises out of the theft by the defendants of eight pieces of mail, each the subject of a separate count, from three mail boxes — i. e., six of the mail items were stolen from the same mail box at the same time.

The defendants contend...

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