                  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                      FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT


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                             No. 95-20396
                           Summary Calendar
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     UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                         Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                versus

     DAVID J. TOWNSEND,

                                         Defendant-Appellant.

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      Appeal from the United States District Court for the
                   Southern District of Texas
                    USDC No. CR-H-92-120-ALL
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                         February 7, 1996
Before KING, SMITH and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Court-appointed counsel for David J. Townsend has filed a

brief as required by Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and

we have independently reviewed counsel's brief and the record, and

found no nonfrivolous issue.   Accordingly, counsel is excused from

further responsibilities herein and the APPEAL IS DISMISSED.




*
     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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
