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U.S. v. JING BING LIANG

No. 02-10549.

362 F.3d 1200 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JING BING LIANG, aka; Jing Ding Liang, Juan Fung, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 31, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo P. Flangas and Todd Leventhal (argued), Las Vegas, Nev., for the appellant.

Daniel G. Bogden, United States Attorney, Kathleen Bliss, and Justin Roberts (argued), Assistant United States Attorneys, for the appellee.

Before: O'SCANNLAIN, TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and MATZ, District Judge.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether extraordinary eyesight may be considered a "special skill" supporting an enhanced sentence in a casino card cheating scheme.

I

Jing Bing Liang had long gambled at cards when he met a group of players sharing a mutual dissatisfaction with the odds imposed upon them by casinos. They decided to get together and remedy the situation, so they began to cheat. It started with the game of baccarat, and the...

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