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U.S. v. LUN

Nos. 90-10510 to 90-10512.

944 F.2d 642 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leung Tak LUN, Chico Wong, and Andrew Wong, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert Eisenberg, Filippelli & Eisenberg, James Larson, and Richard B. Mazer, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Eric Swenson, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOODWIN and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, District Judge.

TAYLOR, District Judge:

This heroin importation and possession trial was the first time the People's Republic of China and the United States joined to investigate and prosecute a criminal offense. It ended disastrously. The district court granted a defense mistrial motion after a government witness changed his story and other witnesses left the country. Defendants now appeal the denial of their motion to dismiss the indictment on double jeopardy grounds. We hold the...

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