United States v. Yi-Hai Lin, AKA Chi Ching Lo

5 F.3d 544 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Yi-Hai LIN, aka Chi Ching Lo, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-50783. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 13, 1993. Decided Sept. 8, 1993. Before: WOOD, Jr., * REINHARDT and RYMER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Following a jury trial, Yi-Hai Lin was convicted of using an altered passport. Lin asserts the conviction is based on insufficient evidence and tainted by violations of the Fifth Amendment. For the reasons stated below we reject Lin's arguments and affirm his conviction. I. BACKGROUND 3 Defendant-Appellant Yi-Hai Lin, a citizen of China, tried to become a citizen of the United States. According to Lin, he had been accused of being a participant in the June 1990 student uprising in Beijing and consequently had received death threats. Lin found an escape from these threats in the person of Mr. Chen, a man Lin says he happened…