Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEONG UG SIN, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-10-19
Citations: 486 F. App'x 676
Docket Number: No. 11-30378
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEONG UG SIN, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before: KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, CHRISTEN and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 486
Pages: 676–677

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SEONG UG SIN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 11-30378.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Oct. 3, 2012.
Filed Oct. 19, 2012.
Helen J. Brunner, Esquire, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Seattle, WA, David R. Jennings, Assistant U.S., Matthew H. Thomas, Assistant U.S., USTA-Office of the U.S. Attorney, Tacoma, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Michael G. Martin, Siderius Lonergan & Martin, LLP, Seattle, WA, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before: KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, CHRISTEN and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
1. The district judge didn't abuse his discretion by denying Sin's motion to exclude the breathalyzer evidence. "[T]he method by which a breathalyzer works" wasn't challenged on appeal, and allegations of procedural error in the way the tests were administered go to reliability rather than admissibility. United States v. Brannon, 146 F.3d 1194, 1196-97 (9th Cir.1998).
2. The government's late production of the Coast Guard cell phone recordings doesn't come close to violating due process. See United States v. Cuellar, 96 F.3d 1179, 1182 (9th Cir.1996). And it didn't prejudice Sin because he received the recordings in time to make use of them during the Daubert hearing and at trial. See United States v. Price, 566 F.3d 900, 907 (9th Cir.2009); United States v. Ross, 372 F.3d 1097, 1110 (9th Cir.2004).
3. Sin cited no on-point authority supporting his argument that a three-day travel delay violated his Sixth Amendment rights. He also failed to show "demonstrable prejudice, or substantial threat thereof," arose from the delay. See United States v. Morrison, 449 U.S. 361, 365, 101 S.Ct. 665, 66 L.Ed.2d 564 (1981).
4. The trial court didn't err by declining to read Sin's requested "theory of defense" jury instruction, as the instruction was intended "to compel a certain resolution to a disputed question of fact." United States v. Sarno, 73 F.3d 1470, 1485 (9th Cir.1995).
5. Viewing the evidence from the breathalyzer tests and the testimony presented at trial "in the light most favorable to the prosecution," a rational jury "could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt." Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U.S. 307, 319, 99 S.Ct. 2781, 61 L.Ed.2d 560 (1979); see also United States v. Rocha, 598 F.3d 1144, 1153 (9th Cir.2010).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition isn't appropriate for publication and isn't precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.