May 17, 1995
                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
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        No. 94-2223 

                                    UNITED STATES,

                                      Appellee,

                                          v.

                               RICHARD G. DUNTON, JR.,

                                Defendant, Appellant.


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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE


                   [Hon. Joseph A. DiClerico, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                           Selya and Lynch, Circuit Judges.
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            David H. Bownes on brief for appellant.
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            Paul  M.  Gagnon,  United  States  Attorney,  and  Jean  B.  Weld,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.


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                 Per Curiam.   We have reviewed  the parties' briefs  and
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            the  record on appeal.   We affirm the  denial of appellant's

            motion  to  withdraw his  guilty  plea,  essentially for  the

            reasons stated in  the district court's  order of August  22,

            1994.

                 We add only  the following.  There  was no error in  the

            district  court's  declining  to  receive  the  testimony  of

            appellant's co-defendant, Robin  Greenan, at  the hearing  on

            the motion  to withdraw the  guilty plea.   Greenan's counsel

            stated that  Greenan would  invoke her Fifth  Amendment right

            against  self-incrimination.    Greenan,  herself,  signed an

            affidavit stating  her intention to  invoke that right.   The

            information  that Greenan  allegedly could  offer to  bolster

            appellant's  claim of  innocence  had  already been  provided

            through  the testimony  of  appellant's former  counsel.   In

            these  circumstances, the  district court  did not  abuse its

            discretion  in deciding not to  put Ms. Greenan  on the stand

            for  the purpose of invoking her Fifth Amendment right and in

            concluding   that  the   proffered   information   would   be

            cumulative.

                 The joint motion to submit this appeal on briefs without

            oral argument is granted.

                 The judgment of the district court is affirmed.  Loc. R.
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            27.1.