                  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                           No. 96-40118
                         Summary Calendar
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                       UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                     Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                 versus

                      JOSE ANTONIO CAMPOS-MORALES,

                                                    Defendant-Appellant.

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Southern District of Texas
                          ( CR-C-95-159 )
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                         January 15, 1997
Before SMITH, DUHÉ, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     José   Antonio    Campos-Morales     appeals   his   conviction   for

possession with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21

U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B), asserting that the district

court erred in admitting evidence seized during a warrantless

search of his truck at a permanent border patrol checkpoint.

Because this issue is raised for the first time on appeal, we



     *
          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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.
review only for plain error; we find none.   See FED. R. CRIM. P.

12(b)(3), 52(b); United States v. Calverley, 37 F.3d 160, 162-64

(5th Cir. 1994)(en banc); United States v. Seals, 987 F.2d 1102

(5th Cir.), cert. denied, 510 U.S. 853 (1993).

                                                     AFFIRMED




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