USCA1 Opinion

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                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



                                                     
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          No. 96-2306



                                    UNITED STATES,



                                      Appellee,



                                          v.



                       RONDA R. NICHOLS, A/K/A RONDA R. BURKE,



                                Defendant, Appellant.



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                                     ERRATA SHEET







               The opinion of this court issued on April 8, 1997 is amended

          as follows:



               On cover sheet, the name of "[Hon. David M. Cohen, U.S.

          Magistrate Judge]" should be changed to read "[Hon. D. Brock

          Hornby, U.S. District Judge]."













































































                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 96-2306



                                    UNITED STATES,



                                      Appellee,



                                          v.



                       RONDA R. NICHOLS, A/K/A RONDA R. BURKE,



                                Defendant, Appellant.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE



                     [Hon. D. Brock Hornby, U.S. District Judge]



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                                        Before



                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                           Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,
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                              and Boudin, Circuit Judge.
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            Tina Schneider on brief for appellant.
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            Jay  P. McCloskey,  United States  Attorney, F.  Mark  Terison and
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        Donald  E. Clark,  Assistant  United States  Attorneys,  on brief  for
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        appellee.





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                                    April 8, 1997

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                 Per Curiam.   Upon  careful consideration of  the briefs
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            and  record, we conclude  that defendant's  sentence properly



            was enhanced under U.S.S.G.   3A1.1(b).  The district court's



            findings   adequately  pointed  to  the  victim's  particular



            vulnerability, including  her advanced  age and inability  to



            keep  track of  her  finances, and  to defendant's  knowledge



            thereof during  the extended  period of  the offense.   Those



            findings   were  not   clearly  erroneous   and  sufficiently



            supported the   3A1.1(b)  enhancement.  See United States  v.
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            Feldman, 83 F.3d 9, 15-17 (1st Cir. 1996).
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                 Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.
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