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                  IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                           FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
                             ________________________

                                   No. 17-11945
                               Non-Argument Calendar
                             ________________________

                     D.C. Docket No. 4:16-cr-00267-WTM-GRS-1


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                                  Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus


JACQUEL SEARLES,

                                                               Defendant-Appellant.

                             ________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Southern District of Georgia
                            ________________________

                                   (October 19, 2017)

Before WLLIAM PRYOR, JORDAN and ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

         Jacquel Searles appeals his conviction for possession of a firearm by a

convicted felon. 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2), 924(e). Searles argues that his
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trial counsel was ineffective for misadvising him that his prior convictions for

burglary would not be used to enhance his sentence under the Armed Career

Criminal Act. See 

Because the district court did not have an

opportunity to consider this argument and develop a record regarding trial

counsel’s performance, we decline to consider Searles’s argument for the first time

on direct appeal. See United States v. Puentes-Hurtado, 

, 1285 (11th

Cir. 2015). Searles can raise his argument in a postconviction motion. See 28

U.S.C. § 2255.

       We AFFIRM Searles’s conviction.




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