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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]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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                                     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                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]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
                                 ____________________

        No. 96-2306

                                    UNITED STATES,

                                      Appellee,

                                          v.

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

                                Defendant, Appellant.

                                 ____________________

                     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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