U.S. v. CHONG

No. Crim. 98-00416 ACK.

181 F.Supp.2d 1135 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Richard Lee Tuck CHONG, aka "China", Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Hawai`i.

December 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Weight, Office of Federal Public Defenders, Honolulu, HI, Birney Bervar, Honolulu, HI, Marcia A. Morrissey, Santa Monica, CA, Richard H. Burr, Barr & Welch, Houston, TX, for Richard Lee Tuck Chong.

Larry L. Butrick, Office of U.S. Atty., Honolulu, HI, for U.S.


ORDER VACATING JUDGMENT AND DISMISSING INDICTMENT PURSUANT TO DIRECTIVE OF NINTH CIRCUIT DUE TO DEATH OF DEFENDANT

KAY, District Judge.

On July 9, 1998 the Defendant Richard Lee Tuck Chong was charged in a 3 count indictment. The Government filed a notice of intent to seek a sentence of death on February 12, 1999. On December 16, 1999 a 5 count superceding indictment was filed, with Count 3 charging that during and in relation to a drug...

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