U.S. v. BEST

No. 3-89-00183.

731 F.Supp. 833 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America v. Robert Eugene BEST, et al.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

March 7, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Watson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Nashville, Tenn., for U.S.

Thomas Watson, Federal Public Defender, Nashville, Tenn., for Robert E. Best.

Robert L. Smith, Nashville, Tenn., for Ralph Richards.

William P. Purcell, III, Nashville, Tenn., for Jean Marie Richards.


MEMORANDUM

HIGGINS, District Judge.

This Court is now called upon to determine whether the new Federal Bank Fraud statute applies to a novel variety of theft. It is alleged that the defendants stole a United States mailbox, disguised it and placed it on the premises of the Murfreesboro Road Branch of the Third National Bank. It is charged that they then broke the lock on the bank's regular night depository and posted a sign directing customers to place their...

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