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120 F.

3d 271
97 CJ C.A.R. 1537
NOTICE: Although citation of unpublished opinions remains unfavored,
further order.

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,

James Lonzo TURNER and Kevin Orlando Moore,
No. 962151.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Aug. 1, 1997.



Defendants James Lonzo Turner and Kevin Orlando Moore appeal the district
court's denial of their motions to vacate, set aside, or correct their sentences
brought under 28 U.S.C. 2255. Turner and Moore pleaded guilty to charges of
conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of
cocaine. The district court sentenced them to 13 years imprisonment to be
followed by five-year terms of supervised release. Turner and Moore do not
need a certificate of appealability under recently-amended 2253 because they
filed their 2255 proceeding before the effective date of the amendment. See
United States v. Gutierrez, No. 96-2300, 1997 WL--(10th Cir. July 11, 1997)
(unpublished); see also Lindh v. Murphy, No. 96-6298, 1997 WL 338568 (U.S.
June 23, 1997) (holding that 1996 amendments requiring a certificate of
appealability in 2255 cases do not apply to cases filed before the effective
date of the amendments). Thus, exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. 1291,
we proceed to the merits and affirm.

Turner and Moore first contend that their guilty pleas were obtained
involuntarily because they were promised that the plea agreement would
include a stipulation that they could still pursue their motion to suppress
evidence obtained during their arrest and because they were not informed that
their sentence would include a period of supervised release. They also contend
that they pleaded guilty because of ineffective assistance of counsel, and that
their attorneys failed to apprise them of their appellate rights.

We determine the issue of a plea's voluntariness de novo. See United States v.

Rhodes, 913 F.2d 839, 843 (10th Cir.1990). Likewise, we determine the issue
of counsel's effectiveness de novo, see Brecheen v. Reynolds, 41 F.3d 1343,
1365-66 (10th Cir.1994), cert. denied, 115 S.Ct. 2564 (1995), while accepting
any underlying factual findings unless they are clearly erroneous, see United
States v. Haddock, 12 F.3d 950, 955 (10th Cir.1993). After reviewing the
magistrate judges' reports and recommendations,1 the record on appeal, the
district court's orders, and the parties' briefs, we find no reversible error and
affirm for substantially the reasons set forth by the magistrate judges.

First, the plea agreements reflected the entire agreement between Turner and
Moore and the government. Those agreements do not reflect a condition that
the pleas were subject to a condition preserving their right to a hearing on their
motions to suppress. Likewise, the transcripts of the plea hearings do not
indicate that they preserved this right. Thus, Turner and Moore have failed to
show that their guilty pleas were involuntary because they were not afforded a
hearing on their motions to suppress.

Second, the transcript of Turner's plea hearing, attended by Moore, establishes

that the district court informed them that the maximum penalty they faced was
life without the possibility of parole. The district court also informed Turner
and Moore individually that the maximum penalty was 13 years if the court
accepted their pleas. While the government concedes in its brief that the district
court did not inform Turner or Moore of the five-year term of supervised
release, they have failed to show that they would not have pleaded guilty had
they been informed of the supervised release. See United States v. Wright, 930
F.2d 808, 810 (10th Cir.1991); United States v. Barry, 895 F.2d 702, 704 (10th
Cir.1990). The hearings transcripts reflect that Turner and Moore discussed the
charges with their attorneys and that they had no complaints about their
counsel. Conviction of the charges requires the imposition of supervised
release. See Barry, 895 F.2d at 704. Turner and Moore were sentenced
immediately after the taking of the pleas and neither of them, nor their
attorneys, voiced an objection to the imposition of supervised release. Lastly,

the sentences of 13 years of imprisonment followed by five-year terms of

supervised release are substantially below the sentences they faced in the
absence of a plea bargain.

Third, although we see no real evidence of deficient performance by their

attorneys, Turner and Moore fail to show that they were prejudiced by any
deficient performance. See United States v. Taylor, 832 F.2d 1187, 1194-95
(10th Cir.1987). Chiefly on this appeal, Turner and Moore argue the merits of
their motions to suppress. However, they waived all nonjurisdictional defenses
by pleading guilty. See United States v. Davis, 900 F.2d 1524, 1525-26 (10th
Cir.1990). The record shows that their attorneys negotiated, through a series of
offers and counter-offers lasting over an hour, a plea bargain for a sentence of
13 years imprisonment reduced from life. They have not shown that there is
reasonable probability that but for their attorneys' unprofessional errors, they
would not have pleaded guilty.

Finally, Turner and Moore contend that they were denied effective assistance
of counsel because their attorneys not only failed to inform them of their
appellate rights but instead told them that they had waived their right to appeal
as part of the plea agreement. They contend that the plea agreement does not
reflect a waiver of the right to appeal. The government does not respond to this
argument in its appellate brief. However, the magistrate judges did not address
the argument in their reports and recommendations, the district court did not
address it in its orders, and nothing in the portion of the record provided by
Turner and Moore indicates that this issue was raised below. We decline to
consider it in the first instance.




After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined
unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination
of this appeal. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a); 10th Cir. 34.1.9. The case is therefore
ordered submitted without oral argument

Separate magistrate judges worked on Turner's and Moore's 2255

proceedings. The proceedings were consolidated on appeal