               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                            No. 98-40928
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          UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

                               Plaintiff-Appellee

          v.

          MARIO TREVINO TUNCHEZ

                               Defendant-Appellant

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
         for the Southern District of Texas, Brownsville
                          (B-98-CR-158-2)
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                         January 10, 2001

Before KING, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and DUHÉ, Circuit
Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     With the benefit of able oral argument by both counsel, we

are persuaded that there was no plain error when, at the

commencement of trial, the district court failed to give a

limiting instruction relating to the guilty plea of a co-

defendant that had occurred between voir dire and trial.



     *
      Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
     The judgment of conviction and sentence of defendant-

appellant Mario Trevino Tunchez are AFFIRMED.




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