IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-30179
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
STEVE CORTEZ HALL,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Louisiana
USDC No. 95-CR-70-B-M2
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May 14, 1997
Before Wisdom, King, and Smith, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Steve Cortez Hall appeals his conviction on two counts of
distribution of cocaine base, conspiracy to possess with intent
to distribute cocaine base and cocaine hydrochloride, and
distribution of cocaine. His sole contention is that his guilty
plea is invalid because the district court did not properly
advise him under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1).
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The court has determined that this opinion should not be
published and is not precedent except under the limited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.
Because the district court emphasized several times that the
defendant was subject to the ten-year mandatory minimum sentence;
the district court’s misstatement, on one occasion, that the
defendant was subject to a two-year minimum sentence was harmless
error. Further, because Hall was subject to the ten-year minimum
sentence on counts 1 and 3, the district court’s overstatement of
the mandatory minimum sentence on Counts 2 and 4 was harmless
error.1
AFFIRMED.
1
See United States v. Johnson, 1 F.3d 296, 302 (5th Cir.
1993) (en banc).