UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                          FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                         _____________________

                              No. 96-60264
                            Summary Calendar
                         _____________________

                            ANTHONY STEELE,
                                                    Petitioner-Appellant,

                                   versus

                                 ROGER COOK,
                                                     Respondent-Appellee.

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
             for the Southern District of Mississippi
                         (3:95-CV-539-BN)
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                          April 16, 1997
Before SMITH, DUHÉ, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Anthony Steele, Mississippi prisoner # 72033A, appeals the

denial of his habeas petition filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

Steele contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his

conviction     for   kidnaping    and   that   he   received   ineffective

assistance of counsel at trial.         Steele fails to show that he is

entitled to habeas relief on either claim.              See Alexander v.

McCotter, 

, 597-98 (5th Cir. 1985); Strickland v.

Washington, 

, 687 (1984).


     *
          Pursuant to Local Rule 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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 Local Rule
47.5.4.
        AFFIRMED




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