United States v. Chong

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-trafficking crime Defendant used a firearm to murder William Noa by shooting him willfully, deliberately, maliciously and with premeditation. Defendant pled…