Court Opinion

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          September 26, 1994                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ___________________           No. 93-1224                                    UNITED STATES,                                      Appellee,                                          v.                                   ABELARDO CUEVAS,                                 Defendant, Appellant                                 ____________________                                     ERRATA SHEET               This opinion of this  court issued on September 22  1994, is          amended as follows:               On page 2 line  15 please insert the number  "1169-70" after          the "comma" and the number "1162,".        September 21, 1994      [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATE COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 93-1224                                    UNITED STATES,                                      Appellee,                                          v.                                   ABELARDO CUEVAS,                                Defendant, Appellant.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS                     [Hon. Robert E. Keeton, U.S. District Judge]                                             ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                  Cyr, Circuit Judge,                                       ______________                          Bownes, Senior Circuit Judge, and                                  ____________________                                Stahl, Circuit Judge.                                       ______________                                 ____________________            James B. Krasnoo on brief for appellant.            ________________                                 ____________________                                 ____________________                      Per Curiam.  Appellant Abelardo  Cuevas appeals his                      __________            conviction   for  possession  of   cocaine  with   intent  to            distribute,  conspiracy to  possess  cocaine with  intent  to            distribute, and aiding  and abetting same.   He also  appeals            his sentence  of 235 months  imprisonment.  We  have reviewed            carefully the  record in this case,  including the transcript            of  appellant's  trial,  the transcript  of  his  disposition            hearing, and appellant's briefs.   We find no merit in any of            appellant's  claims  that  the  district  court erred  either            during  trial  or  at  appellant's  sentencing.   Appellant's            objection to the ethnic composition of the jury is foreclosed            by this court's decision in United States v. Pion, 25 F.3d 18                                        _____________    ____            (1st  Cir. 1994).    Appellant's  claim  that he  was  denied            effective  assistance  of  counsel  should  be  raised  in  a            collateral proceeding  pursuant to 28  U.S.C.    2255.   See,                                                                     ___            e.g.,  United States  v.  Jadusingh, 12  F.3d 1162,  1169-70,            ___    _____________      _________            (1st Cir. 1994).                 Affirmed.                 ________                                         -3-