               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                            No. 96-20611
                          Summary Calendar
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          UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                 Plaintiff-Appellee,

          v.

          LOUIS BERNARD DAVIS,

                                 Defendant-Appellant.

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Southern District of Texas
                          (CR H 95-235-4)
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                           April 16, 1997
Before KING, JOLLY, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Louis Bernard Davis is a codefendant of Deon Tarral

McDaniel, both having been charged with robbery and use of a

firearm in a crime of violence.    Davis also pleaded guilty and

was sentenced with McDaniel.   Davis appeals his guilty-plea

conviction and sentence.   The pertinent facts of both appeals are

identical, and Davis raises essentially the same claims as

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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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

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McDaniel.   We disposed of McDaniel’s claims in United States v.

McDaniel, No. 96-20610, which was issued today, and for the

reasons given in McDaniel, we AFFIRM Davis’s guilty-plea

conviction and sentence.




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