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Parties Involved:
James M. May
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, 

Fl L l.. u __ ,, 

United sw.• 0:t'1rt ot A-w- Tenth Circuit 

JAN O 6 1993 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

v. No . 91-2226 

JAMES M. MAY, 

Defendant-Appellant. 

(D.C. No. CR-91-223 JB-01 ) 

(D.N.M. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before TACHA, BALDOCK, and KELLY, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App . P. 

34 (a ) ; 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

This appeal is from a criminal conviction following 

defendant's plea of guilty to two counts of an indictment charging 

him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and 

carrying a firearm during the commission of a drug trafficking 

crime. Defendant argues on appeal that he was not competent to 

enter the guilty plea because he was on pain medication and t hat 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata , or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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the sentence imposed was excessive because the facts taken into 

a ccount by the judge in taking the guilty plea would not support a 

finding that the defendant was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt . 

Appellant's counsel has filed a brief in his behalf pursuant t o 

Rule 46.4 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure for this Circuit . 

Anders Y....:.. California, 386 U. S . 738 (1967). After reviewing the 

transcript of the guilty plea and sentencing proceedings, we find 

that this appeal has no merit and AFFIRM. The mandate shall issue 

forthwith. 

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ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

Deanell Reece Tacha 

Circuit Judge 

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