United States v. James

                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         For the Fifth Circuit


                             No. 97-41536



                      UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                  Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                VERSUS


                         ROY ANTHONY JAMES,

                                                  Defendant-Appellant.



          Appeal from the United States District Court
               For the Southern District of Texas
                         (B-97-CR-295-1)
                        February 11, 1999


Before GARWOOD, DAVIS and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     After reviewing the record and considering the briefs of the

parties, we are persuaded that the district court committed no

reversible error.     Even if the district court erred in advising

petitioner at the Rule 11 hearing with respect to the minimum and

maximum sentence he faced, such error was harmless because this

advice did not affect his decision to plead guilty.      Accordingly,

the judgment of conviction is

     AFFIRMED.




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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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