Court Opinion

ID: 9478803
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 06:58:33.238978+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:46:37.576490
License: Public Domain

WELLFORD, Circuit Judge,
dissenting in part:
I believe that the evidence presented by the United States at trial is insufficient to support Boling’s convictions on counts 24 and 25 of the indictment. Count 24 concerns a letter from Ron Elton, a dealer in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. Count 25 involves a letter addressed to James Driscoll, a dealer in Hudson, Massachusetts. During trial, Elton and Driscoll both testified that they dealt with Lauback and Gordon Reed, another DuraSeal salesperson, and that they did not even know Boling, much less have contact with her. Neither letter, which was the basis of these charges, was addressed to or written by Boling, and both letters were directed to or from Columbus, Ohio, not Wilmington, North Carolina. Boling’s convictions on counts 24 and 25 should be accordingly reversed and set aside.
I concur in the majority opinion with respect to all other issues discussed therein.