USCA1 Opinion

        September 29, 1995      [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



                        



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        No. 95-1269



                              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,



                                      Appellee,



                                          v.



                               RICHARD B. HUDSON, SR.,



                                Defendant, Appellant.





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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE



                       [Hon. Gene Carter, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                           Selya and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
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            Richard B. Hudson, Sr. on brief pro se.
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            Jay P.  McCloskey, United  States Attorney,  and F. Mark  Terison,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.





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                 Per Curiam.  The  judgment is affirmed substantially for
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            the reasons recited by the Magistrate-Judge in his Report and



            Recommendation  dated  December  14,   1994.    We  add  that



            defendant's  claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, even



            if properly before us, would  necessarily fail on the merits.



            Contrary  to defendant's  suggestion,  the  record before  us



            discloses no significant discrepancies between the debriefing



            statements,  on the one hand, and the trial testimony, on the



            other, of  the  two witnesses  in question.   And  as we  had



            occasion to observe  in our  decision on  direct appeal,  see
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            United States v. Hudson, 970 F.2d 948, 950-54 (1st Cir. 1992)
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            (passim),  co-defense  counsel  conducted a  diligent  cross-
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            examination of these and all other witnesses. 



                 Affirmed.
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