UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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No. 96-40118 Summary Calendar ______________________________

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JOSE ANTONIO CAMPOS-MORALES,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas ( CR-C-95-159 ) _________________________________________________________________

January 15, 1997 Before SMITH, DUHÉ, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

José Antonio Campos-Morales appeals his conviction for

possession with intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of

(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B), asserting that the district

court erred in admitting evidence seized during a warrantless

search of his truck at a permanent border patrol checkpoint.

Because this issue is raised for the first time on appeal, we

* Pursuant to Local Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in Local Rule 47.5.4. review only for plain error; we find none. See FED. R. CRIM. P.

12(b)(3), 52(b); United States v. Calverley,

(5th Cir. 1994)(en banc); United States v. Seals,

(5th Cir.), cert. denied,

(1993).

AFFIRMED

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