UNITED STATES v. FERGUSON

Nos. 85-5502L, 85-5503.

778 F.2d 1017 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William Earl FERGUSON, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Norman Edward WILSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Nolan, Jr., Paul W. Spence, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Baltimore, Md., for appellants.

Glenda G. Gordon, Asst. U.S. Atty. (J. Frederick Motz, U.S. Atty., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, RUSSELL, Circuit Judge and HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge.


HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

William Ferguson and Norman Wilson, veteran postal employees, appeal from the judgments entered on their convictions of destroying (eating) the contents of two items of mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1703(b) & 2. Their case was tried to a jury. With the parties' consent, given pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(a)(3) and 18 U.S.C. § 3401(a) & (b), the presiding judicial officer was a United States Magistrate...

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