Court Opinion

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                           No. 01-10464
                         Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

          Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                versus

DONALD GENE BROOKS,

          Defendant-Appellant.

          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Northern District of Texas
                   USDC No. 3:99-CR-311-ALL-H

                            May 2, 2002

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     We previously vacated the sentence of Donald Gene Brooks and

remanded his case to the district court for resentencing to allow

all parties notice of and an opportunity to respond to the district

court’s grounds for upward departure.1    Brooks has appealed again,

arguing for the first time that the district court failed to

     *
      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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
     1
        United States v. Brooks, No. 00-10072 (5th Cir. Dec. 13,
2000) (unpublished per curiam).
explain the nature of the charge to which his plea was offered, in

violation of Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1).

      As the Supreme Court very recently held that an unobjected-to

alleged Rule 11 violation is reviewed only for plain error on

direct    appeal,   a   fortiori     an       unobjected-to    claimed    Rule    11

violation raised for the first time on a second appeal, such as

Brooks’, is likewise reviewed only for plain error.2                  To show plain

error, Brooks must demonstrate a clear and obvious error that

affects his substantial rights, i.e., an error that is prejudicial

and affects the outcome of the proceedings; in most cases, we will

not   exercise    our   discretion    to       correct   any   error    unless   it

seriously affects the fairness, integrity or public reputation of

judicial proceedings.3

      "[A]   reviewing    court    may    consult     the     whole   record   when

considering the effect of any error on substantial rights."4                     Our

review of the entire record persuades us that Brooks has not shown

reversible plain error based on any violation of Rule 11(c)(1) in

his plea colloquy.5

      AFFIRMED.

      2
          United States v. Vonn, 122 S. Ct. 1043, 1046 (2002).
      3
          United States v. McIntosh, 280 F.3d 479, 482 (5th Cir.
2002).
      4
          Vonn, 122 S. Ct. at 1046.
      5
        Cf. United States v. Smith, 184 F.3d 415, 417 (5th Cir.
1999) (review under harmless error standard).

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