                      UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                                 No. 95-10698
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                         UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                           Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                      versus

                             RANDY FRANKLIN RICE,

                                                          Defendant-Appellant.

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Northern District of Texas
                          (2:95-CR-14-1)
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                                  May 7, 1996

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, JONES and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

            Randy Franklin Rice appeals the district court’s denial

of his motion to suppress.          Having thoroughly reviewed the briefs

and the record in light of the candid and helpful presentations at

oral argument, we find no clear error of fact or reversible error

of law in the district court’s determination that the handcuffing

of Rice did not vitiate his consent to search his automobile and

that the police had authority to search the packages of suspected

contraband that they had validly taken into custody.

            AFFIRMED.



      *
             Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion
should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances
set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4.
