IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 96-31319
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
LEN E. DAVIS,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Louisiana
(94-CR-368-F)
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November 13, 1997
Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
After studying the briefs, hearing argument, and reviewing the
record, we are fully satisfied the defendant here failed to make
any meritorious claim that he was entitled to a change of venue.
In this drug conspiracy case, the record does not show that the
jury verdict was affected by the publicity of the defendant’s
conviction and death sentence for murder in an earlier unrelated
state court case. Furthermore, the district court committed no
trial errors in its evidentiary rulings or otherwise in the conduct
*
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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
of the trial. The evidence fully supports the defendant’s
convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute
cocaine and for using and carrying a firearm during a drug
trafficking offense. Finally, the defendant’s sentence--life, plus
consecutive 60 months--reflects no error. Accordingly, both the
conviction and the sentence of the defendant are in all respects
A F F I R M E D.
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