Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands v. Charles Oden

19 F.3d 26 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles ODEN, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-10444. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 2, 1994. * Decided March 22, 1994. Before: CHOY, D.W. NELSON and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Charles Oden appeals the judgment of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (the Commonwealth) affirming his conviction of criminal oral copulation and sexual abuse of a child. We affirm. 3 On April 23, 1990, the Commonwealth filed an amended information charging Oden with oral copulation with a minor in violation of 6 Commonwealth Code (CMC) Sec. 1307(b) and sexual abuse of a child in violation of 6 CMC Sec. 1311 (the Amended Information). Oden contends that the Commonwealth failed to specify adequately the date of the offenses of conviction, thereby precluding preparation of an alibi defense and…