Chong

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 03-10222 Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  D.C. No.

CR-92-00260-DJL

PETER CHONG,

OPINION

Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California D. Lowell Jensen, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 15, 2005—San Francisco, California

Filed August 18, 2005

Before: Sidney R. Thomas and Raymond C. Fisher, Circuit Judges, and James L. Robart, District Judge.*

Opinion by Judge Fisher

*The Honorable James L. Robart, United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, sitting by designation.

10917 10920 UNITED STATES v. CHONG

COUNSEL

William L. Osterhoudt and Frank S. Moore, Law Offices of William L. Osterhoudt, San Francisco, California; Alan P. Caplan, San Francisco, California, for the defendant- appellant.

Brian J. Stretch, Assistant United States Attorney, Oakland, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

FISHER, Circuit Judge:

Peter Chong appeals his conviction on murder-for-hire and extortion counts stemming from his…