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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.                                                                     No. 97-4832

LARRY SILAS POOLE, JR.,
Defendant-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston.
Solomon Blatt, Jr., Senior District Judge.
(CR-96-463)

Submitted: July 30, 1998

Decided: August 19, 1998

Before WIDENER, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

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Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

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COUNSEL

Thomas J. Quinn, MOSS & KUHN, P.A., Beaufort, South Carolina,
for Appellant. Matthew R. Hubbell, Assistant United States Attorney,
Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee.

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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

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OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Larry Silas Poole appeals his conviction by a jury of aggravated
sexual abuse of a child in violation of 18 U.S.C.A.§ 2241(c) (West
1994 & Supp. 1998), and his 144-month prison sentence. Poole's
attorney has filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386
U.S. 738 (1967), raising two issues but stating that, in his view, there
are no meritorious grounds for appeal. Poole was informed of his
right to file a pro se supplemental brief but has not done so. After a
thorough review of the record, we affirm Poole's conviction and sen-
tence.

Poole's counsel asserts that the district court erred by admitting tes-
timony that Poole had molested one of his granddaughters, an act for
which he had not been indicted, because it should have been excluded
under Fed. R. Evid. 403, 404(b), 414. Although Poole objected to the
admission of this evidence before trial, he did not renew the objection
at the time the government offered the evidence. Our review of the
admission of Poole's granddaughter's testimony therefore is for plain
error. See United States v. Chin, 83 F.3d 83, 87 (4th Cir. 1996).
Assuming, without deciding, that the district court erred in admitting
this testimony, we find no plain error given the overwhelming evi-
dence of Poole's guilt.

Counsel also disputes whether Poole's sentence was properly cal-
culated. We find no plain error in the calculation of Poole's sentence
because it was properly computed under the U.S. S ENTENCING
GUIDELINES MANUAL (1996). See United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725,
732-37 (1993) (stating standard of review).

As required by Anders, we have examined the entire record and
find no other meritorious issues for appeal. Accordingly, we affirm
the conviction and sentence. This court requires that counsel inform
his client, in writing, of his right to petition the Supreme Court of the
United States for further review. If the client requests that a petition
be filed, but counsel believes that such a petition would be frivolous,
then counsel may move in this court for leave to withdraw from repre-
sentation. Counsel's motion must state that a copy thereof was served

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on the client. 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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