IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-50938
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
ANTOINE GUICE, also known as G Money,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
(97-CR-12-ALL)
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February 25, 1999
Before JOLLY, SMITH, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Defendant-Appellant Antoine Guice appeals his guilty-plea
conviction and sentence for use of a communication device to
facilitate the commission of a felony, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§
841(a)(1) and 843(b).
Guice first complains that the Government violated 18 U.S.C.
§ 201(c)(2) by offering Robert White leniency in exchange for his
trial testimony and that such violation justifies the withdrawal of
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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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.
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Guice’s subsequent guilty plea. His argument is foreclosed by our
precedent. See United States v. Webster, 162 F.3d 308, 357-58 (5th
Cir. 1998); United States v. Haese, 162 F.3d 359, 366 (5th Cir.
1998).
Guice also argues that the district court erred in denying his
motion to withdraw his guilty plea and that the district court’s
drug-quantity calculation was erroneous. We require that issues be
briefed on appeal and do not consider issues that appellants fail
to brief. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 225 (5th Cir. 1993);
United States v. Wilkes, 20 F.3d 651, 653 (5th Cir. 1994); FED. R.
APP. P. 28(a)(9). Guice has abandoned these issues by failing to
brief them. Yohey, 985 F.2d 224-25
AFFIRMED.
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