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PUENTE v. UNITED STATES

No. 81-2311. Summary Calendar.

676 F.2d 141 (1982)

Roy Soto PUENTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 17, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Soto Puente, pro se.

Anna E. Stool, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, REAVLEY and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Roy Soto Puente appeals the district court's denial of a writ of error coram nobis attacking his 1968 sentence. For the reasons stated below, we reverse and remand for resentencing.

Puente pled guilty on September 18, 1968 to a charge of unlawful purchase of narcotics. On October 4 he was sentenced to five years confinement; he was paroled on June 29, 1970 and completed parole on September 23, 1973. Puente was twenty years old at the...

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