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Parties Involved:
Lee Juan Bowie
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, 

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FILED 

"uauiw . · , rt of Ap 

Tenth Circuit 

APR & ·1 1990 

.&OBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

v. ) No. 89-6167 

LEE JUAN BOWIE, 

Defendant-Appellant. 

) (D.C. No. CR-85-289-E) 

) (W.D. Okla.) 

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ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before McKAY, ANDERSON, and TACHA, 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. 

Lee Juan Bowie appeals from the district court order 

dismissing his petition for post conviction relief. Bowie 

contends that the district court erred in finding that no plea 

bargain agreement existed between himself and the government. We 

affirm. 

* 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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Bowie's contention is without merit. No valid plea bargain 

agreement exists. The record clearly shows that all parties 

understood that the plea agreement was canceled by U.S. Attorney 

Price before the hearing. We thus hold that no plea bargain 

agreement exists. Bowie's reliance on United States~ Porter, 

594 F.2d 12 (4th Cir. 1979) is misplaced. The holding of Porter -

- that a proposed plea agreement cannot be withdrawn once offered 

- - was overruled by the United States Supreme Court in Mabry v. 

Johnson, 467 U.S. 504 (1984). See Plaster v. United States, 789 

F.2d 289, 292-93 (4th Cir. 1986). Because no plea bargain exists 

and the record shows that this fact was recognized by both Bowie 

and his counsel, we hold that the district court's finding that 

Bowie knowingly pleaded guilty without reliance on the canceled 

plea agreement is not clearly erroneous. 

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. 

shall i s sue forthwith. 

The mandate 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

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Deanell Reece Tacha 

Circuit Judge 

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