U.S. v. LAI

Nos. 88-1279, 88-1334.

944 F.2d 1434 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis Chan LAI, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Silas BRANDON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 22, 1991.

As Amended September 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew French Loomis, Oakland, Cal., for Dennis Chan Lai, defendant-appellant.

J. Frank McCabe, Goorjan & McCabe, San Francisco, Cal., for Silas Brandon, defendant-appellant.

Michael J. Yamaguchi, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHOY and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, District Judge.


CHOY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Dennis Lai and Silas Brandon appeal from their convictions on numerous drug charges. We find most of their claims meritless. However, we remand to the district court for it to conduct an evidentiary hearing on whether certain alleged drug records were admissible into evidence. If after the hearing Lai's conviction and sentence for the crime of directing a continuing criminal enterprise stands, the district court is also instructed to...

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