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Parties Involved:
Lawrence O. Franklin
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

FEB 18 1992 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee, 

v. 

LAWRENCE O. FRANKLIN, JR., 

Defendant-Appellant. 

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No. 91-3258 

(D.C. No. 90-20012-01) 

(D. Kansas) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before SEYMOUR, ANDERSON, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges. 

The parties have agreed to submit this appeal on the briefs. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has 

determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

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

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

submitted without oral argument. 

Lawrence o. Franklin, Jr. filed this action under 28 u.s.c. 

§2255, claiming that he was denied effective assistance of counsel 

in connection with his guilty plea because his counsel failed to 

*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 doctrine s of the law of the case, 

res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

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inform him that he could receive the same sentence for a plea of 

guilty as if he had gone to trial. We have carefully reviewed the 

record and the law in light of petitioner's arguments, and we are 

persuaded that the district court did not err. We affirm the 

judgment of the district court substantially for the reasons set 

forth in its Memorandum and Order filed July 30, 1991 . See 

Uni ted States v. Williams, 919 F. 2d 1451 (10th Cir. 

1990). 

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Entered for the Court 

Stephanie K. Seymour 

Circuit Judge 

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