United States Ninth Circuit

A mail technician's conviction and sentence for theft of public property and theft of postal service property is reversed where: 1) the district court erred by holding that the government proved Postage Statements had "value" in excess of $1,000 within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. section 641; and 2) the district court also erred by holding that the government proved the Postage Statements had "value" in excess of $1,000 within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. section 1707.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/06/2007
• Decided 09/20/2007
• Published 09/20/2007

Judges

• WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge:, Before:  J. CLIFFORD WALLACE, JOHN T. NOONAN, and RICHARD A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mary C. Geddes, Assistant Federal Defender, Anchorage, AK, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Retta-Rae Randall, Assistant United States Attorney, Anchorage, AK, for the appellee.