FIL ED U.S. COURT OF APPEAL S EL EVENTHCI RCUI T J UNE 15, 2011 J OHN L EY CL ERK [DO N OT PUBLISH] IN THE UN ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELE VENTH CIRCUIT

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ D. C. Dock etNo. 0 8- 00 40 4- CR-T-2 7- MAP UNITED STAT ES OF AMERIC A, Pl ai nt iff -Ap pe ll ee, ve rs us CHUN HEI LAM, TAM FUK YUK, Defen da nt s- App el lant s.

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ (Jun e 1 5, 2 01 1) Befo re DUBINA, Ch ie f Ju dg e, EDMONDSON andW ILSON, Cir cu itJu dg es . PER CURI AM: Tam Fu k Yu k (“ Tam ”) an d C hu n Hei Lam (“ Lam ”) were co nv ic te d fo rvi ol at in g 4 6 U.S.C. § § 70 50 3( a) an d 7 05 06 (a)– (b ), an d 2 1 U.S.C.

§ 9 60 (b )(1 )(B) (ii ), by con sp iri ng to po ss es s fi ve ki lo gr am s o r m or e o f co cai ne with t he in te ntto di st rib ut e itwhi le ab oa rda ve ss el subjec t t o t he juri sd ic ti on of th e Uni te d S ta te s. Th ey

als o wer e co nv ic te d fo r vi ol at in g 4 6 U.S.C. § § 7 05 03 (a) an d 7 05 06 (a), 1 8 U.S.C. § 2, an d 2 1 U.S.C. § 96 0( b) (1 )(B) (ii ), by pos se ss in g fi ve ki lo gr am s o r m or e o f co cai ne with t he in te ntto di strib ut e itwhi le ab oa rda ve ss el subjec t t o the juri sd ic ti on of t he Uni te d S ta te s. Tam ap pe al s h is co nv ic ti on an d h is res ul ti ng sen te nc e o f 18 0 m on th s’ im pr is on m en t fo ll owe d b y

fiv e y ears ’ supe rv is edrel eas e. Lam

ap pe al s h is co nv ic ti onan d h is res ul ti ng sen te nc e o f 30 0 m on th s’ im

pr is on m en t fo ll owe d b y

fiv e y ears ’ supe rv is edrel eas e. On ap pe al , Tam

all eg es th at : (1 ) th e ev id en ce was in su ffi ci en t t o s us ta in a co nv ic ti on ba se d o n kno win gl y co ns pi rin g t o p os se ss co cai ne with t he in te ntto di st rib ut e itwhi le ab oarda ve ss el subjec t t o U.S. jur is di ct io n; (2) th e d is tri ctco urt ab us edit s d is cret io n b y

de nyin g Tam ’s m ot io n t o d is m is s the in di ctm en t b ecau se th e v es se l an d i ts co nt en ts were ex cu lp at ory an d t he Co as t Gu ardde stro y edth em in ba d fa ith; (3) th e d is tri ctco urt erredby fail in g t o d ecl are am is tri al ba se d o n the pr os ecu to r’s st at em en ts reg ard in g Tam ’s fin an ci al co nd it io n b ecau se th e

2go ve rn m en t re li edon fact s n otinev id en ce; an d (4 ) th e d is tri ctco urt ab us edit s

di sc ret io n b y

de nyin g Tam ’s m ot io n fo r a n ew tr ia l b as edup on ne wly di sc ov ered te st im on ia l ev id en ce o f two of Tam ’s co- de fen da nt s. Lam —an d Tam

th ro ug h a do pt io n— arg ue s tha t (1 ) th e Marit im e Dru g Law Enfo rcem en t Act(“ MDLEA”) is un co ns ti tu ti on al on it s fa ce an d a s ap pl ie d t o the fact s o f th is cas e; (2) th e d is tri ctco urt erredby adm it ti ng as e vi de nc e a Ch in es e m ari ti m e-s afet y

do cu m en t i n d et erm in in g s ub ject m at te r juri sd ic ti on ; (3 ) th e di st ric t co urt ab us edit s d is cret io n b y de nyin g Lam

an d Tam ’s m ot io ns to di sm is s th e in di ctm en t fo r la ckof s ub ject m at te r juri sd ic ti onun de r th e MDLEA; an d (4 ) th e d is tri ctco urt erredby den y in g Tam an d Lam ’s m ot io ns to supp res s the ev id en ce s ei zedfro m

th e v es se l b ecau se , acco rd in g t o t he m , th e Co as t Gu ard vi ol at edap pe ll an ts ’ Fo urth Am en dm en t ri gh ts when he sea rch edth e v es se l witho utreas on ab le su sp ic io n. Afte r car efu l co ns id erat io n o f th e b rie fs an d re vi ew of th e rec or d o n app eal , an d h av in g h eardora l ar gu m en t i n t he m atte r, we co nc lu de th atbo th ap pe ll an ts ’ arg um en ts lac k m eri t. Acco rd in gl y , we den y Tam ’s reque stto rem an d fo r acqui tt al or ane w tri al an d a ffi rm hi s co nv ic ti on an d s en te nc e. W e al so de ny

3Lam ’s reque stto rem an d fo r acqui tt al or ane w tri al an d a ffi rm hi s co nv ic ti on . AFFIRMED.

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