COMMONWEALTH OF NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS v. KAWANO

Nos. 90-10254, 90-10255, and 90-10256.

917 F.2d 379 (1990)

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Young Il KAWANO (aka Eiichi Sai) (aka Eiichi Kawano), Hideki Hanada, and Koichi Yoneda, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Patrick Civille, Moore, Ching, Boertzel & Lawlor, P.C., Agana, Guam, for defendant-appellant Hanada.

Timothy H. Bellas, Saipan, MP, for defendant-appellant Yoneda.

James H. Grizzard, Saipan, MP, for defendant-appellant Kawano.

John F. Cool, Asst. Atty. Gen., Saipan, MP, for plaintiff-appellee Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Before GOODWIN, KOZINSKI and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.


NOONAN, Circuit Judge:

Hideki Hanada, Koichi Yoneda and Young Il Kawano (aka Eiichi Sai) (aka Eiichi Kawano) appeal their convictions in the trial court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI or Commonwealth). The Appellate Division of the United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands affirmed their convictions. We vacate the judgment of the district court and dismiss the appeal for want of federal jurisdiction.

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