Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands v. Young Il Kawano (Aka Eiichi Sai) (Aka Eiichi Kawano), Hideki Hanada, and Koichi Yoneda

NOONAN, Circuit Judge:

Hideki Hanada, Koichi Yoneda and Young II Kawano (aka Eiichi Sai) (aka Eiichi Kawano) appeal their convictions in the trial court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI or Commonwealth). The Appellate Division of the United States District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands affirmed their convictions. We vacate the judgment of the district court and dismiss the appeal for want of federal jurisdiction.

PROCEEDINGS

Hanada and Yoneda were convicted of • murder in the first degree in the killing of Hideo Shirigami and Kawano was convicted of the crime of…