United States v. Chol Ku Kang

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Choi Ku Kang appeals his conviction of four counts of bribery of an officer of the Internal Revenue Service, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 201(b)(1)(A), and of one count of conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. §§ 201(b)(1)(A), 371. Kang challenges the admission of certain out-of-court statements and of evidence of his flight. He also urges that the district court should have dismissed the indictment for outrageous government conduct. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

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In January 1986 the Houston office of the Internal Security Division of the Internal Revenue Service began to…