UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 00-4275

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

RONALD EDWARD CRAWFORD,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle Dis- trict of North Carolina, at Durham. Frank W. Bullock, Jr., District Judge. (CR-99-335)

Submitted: August 30, 2000 Decided: September 7, 2000

Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Louis C. Allen, III, Federal Public Defender, William C. Ingram, First Assistant Federal Public Defender, Greensboro, North Caro- lina, for Appellant. Walter C. Holton, Jr., United States Attor- ney, L. Patrick Auld, Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM:

Ronald Crawford appeals the forty-six month imprisonment sen-

tence imposed by the district court following his plea of guilty to

bank robbery, in violation of

(a) (West Supp.

2000). Crawford contends that the district court erred in en-

hancing his offense level pursuant to U.S. Sentencing Guidelines

Manual § 2B3.1(b)(2)(F) (Nov. 1998) for making a “threat of death.”

We find that, given the tense atmosphere of a bank robbery,

Crawford’s handing the teller a note on which he wrote that he had

a “gun” (emphasis in original), is sufficient to support enhance-

ment under USSG § 2B3.1(b)(2)(F). See e.g. United States v. Burns,

(1st Cir. 1998). The judgment of the district

court is affirmed.

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal

contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the

court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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