Court Opinion

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                           No. 00-10488
                         Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                         Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

MARK JULIAN EDMONDS,

                                         Defendant-Appellant.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Northern District of Texas
                    USDC No. 3:98-CR-370-1-T
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                         March 13, 2001

Before DAVIS, JONES, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Mark Julian Edmonds appeals his conviction for being a felon

in possession of ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C.

§ 922(g)(1).   He argues that the district court erred in denying

his motion to suppress and in denying his motions to dismiss the

superseding indictment as the result of vindictive prosecution

and as multiplicitous, respectively.

     The district court did not err in denying the motion to

suppress because the search of Edmonds’ bag was done incident to

his arrest and because the bag was in Edmonds’ immediate area of

     *
        Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
                            No. 00-10488
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control at the time of the arrest.    See New York v. Belton, 453
U.S. 454, 460-62 (1981); United States v. Prudhome, 13 F.3d 147,

148-49 (5th Cir. 1994); see also United States v. Tellez, 11 F.3d
530, 532 (5th Cir. 1993).

     The district court likewise did not err in denying the

motion to dismiss for vindictiveness because Edmonds has not

attempted to demonstrate any vindictiveness on the federal

prosecutor’s part and has not challenged the district court’s

finding that any vindictiveness on the state prosecutor’s part

was irrelevant to the instant case.    See Yohey v. Collins, 985
F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir. 1993).    Additionally, even if it is

assumed that counts one and two of the superseding indictment

were multiplicitous, any error arising out of the district

court’s denial of Edmonds’ motion to dismiss was harmless because

he was acquitted of one of the allegedly multiplicitous counts.

See United States v. Nguyen, 28 F.3d 477, 482 (5th Cir. 1994).

     The district court’s judgment is therefore AFFIRMED.

Edmonds’ motion for leave to file a supplemental pro se brief is

DENIED.   See 5th Cir. R. 28.7.

     AFFIRMED; MOTION DENIED.