U.S. v. VUE

Nos. 94-2030, 94-2032.

38 F.3d 973 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lee VUE, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Neng VUE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Wilka, Sioux Falls, SD, for Lee Vue.

James Arthur Eirinberg, Sioux Falls, SD, for Neng Vue.

Thomas J. Wright, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sioux Falls, SD, for U.S.

Before FAGG, Circuit Judge, ROSS, Senior Circuit Judge, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.


MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Neng Vue and Lee Vue, who are brothers of Hmong ethnic descent, were convicted in late 1992 of three drug charges and one firearms charge. Those convictions were reversed on appeal because of the improper admission of testimony suggesting that persons of the Vues' ethnic background were likely to be involved in opium smuggling. See United States v. Vue, 13 F.3d...

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