IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-50094
Summary Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
STEVIE LEE PERALES,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. W-98-CR-85-(1)
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June 9, 2000
Before POLITZ, WIENER, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Stevie Lee Perales appeals from his guilty-plea conviction and sentence for being
a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Perales argues
that the district court clearly erred in finding that he was not entitled to an adjustment
for acceptance of responsibility and erred in failing to admonish him at the guilty-plea
hearing that his federal sentence could be ordered to be served consecutively to his
*
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be
published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
state sentence for a parole revocation.
Given that Perales did not admit possession of the firearms to the probation
officer, he did not make any statement of remorse of contrition, and the deference to
be afforded the district court’s assessment of credibility, Perales has failed to show that
the district court clearly erred in refusing to award his an adjustment for acceptance of
responsibility.1 The district court did not err in failing to admonish Perales at the guilty-
plea hearing that the sentence could be ordered to be served consecutively to a state
sentence.2
Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
1
United States v. Nevarez-Arreola, 885 F.2d 243 (5th Cir. 1989).
2
United States v. Saldana, 505 F.2d 628 (5th Cir. 1974).
2