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No. 97-60251
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               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                           No. 97-60251
                         Summary Calendar

UNITES STATES OF AMERICA,
                                           Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus

SUNDAY KAYODE IFABIYI, also known as John
DeBrown, also known as James X Bell, also
known as James Bello,
                                         Defendant-Appellant.
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           Appeal from the United States District Court
             for the Northern District of Mississippi
                      USDC No. 3:93-CR-130-B
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                         September 1, 1999

Before JOLLY, JONES, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Sunday Kayode Ifabiyi appeals his conviction for six counts

of bank fraud, six counts of false representation of numbers as a

social security account, and conspiracy to commit the substantive

offenses.

     Ifabiyi moves for leave to add to his record excerpts.       IT

IS ORDERED that the motion is DENIED.      One of the two items

sought to be added is not part of the record on appeal.     The

other item, a copy of the PSR, has handwritten notations on it.

We determine this appeal based upon the appellate record.

     Ifabiyi argues that his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy

trial was infringed by the thirty-five-month delay between the

     *
        Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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indictment and his arrest.    Although the district court failed to

articulate its evaluation of the four factors enunciated in

Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514, 530-33 (1972), our independent

review of the record reveals that the district court did not err

in its conclusion that Ifabiyi’s Sixth Amendment right was not

infringed.   See United States v. Lucien, 61 F.3d 366, 371 (5th

Cir. 1995); Robinson v. Whitley, 2 F.3d 562, 568-71 (5th Cir.

1993).

     Ifabiyi challenges the sufficiency of the evidence.**

Although Ifabiyi moved for judgment of acquittal at the end of

the Government’s case-in-chief, he failed to renew the motion at

the close of all evidence.    Thus, this court’s review is limited

to determining whether a manifest miscarriage of justice ensues

from Ifabiyi’s conviction on the thirteen counts.    United States

v. Shannon, 21 F.3d 77, 83 (5th Cir. 1994).   We conclude that no

miscarriage of justice ensues.    See United States v. Jobe, 101
F.3d 1046, 1063 (5th Cir. 1996) (conspiracy to commit bank

fraud); United States v. Frydenlund, 990 F.2d 822, 824-25 (5th

Cir. 1993) (bank fraud); United States v. Shively, 927 F.2d 804,

809-10 (5th Cir. 1991) (intentional misrepresentation of social

security numbers).

     Ifabiyi argues that the district court abused its discretion

under the Federal Rules of Evidence in denying the admission into

     **
        For the first time in his reply brief, Ifabiyi contends
that the Government’s chief witness falsely testified about being
employed by Nationwide Cab Company when he met Ifabiyi. Ifabiyi
alleges that he has recently determined that there is no such cab
company operating in Memphis, Tennessee. Matters raised for the
first time in a reply brief are not properly before this court.
See United States v. Prince, 868 F.2d 1379, 1386 (5th Cir. 1989).
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evidence of D. exhs. 3 and 4.***    Blue brief, 11-12; reply brief,

6-7.    We detect no abuse of discretion in the district court’s

ruling.      See United States v. Jimenz Lopez, 873 F.2d 769, 771

(5th Cir. 1989).     For the first time on appeal, Ifabiyi also

argues that the district court’s Fed. R. Evid. 902(3) ruling

denied him due process of law.     No constitutional error is

detected.     See Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284, 294 (1973);

see also United States v. Calverley, 37 F.3d 160, 162-64 (5th

Cir. 1994) (en banc) (plain error standard).

       For the first time on appeal, Ifabiyi argues that the

district court erred in denying the purported motion by the

Government to dismiss count twelve.     The discrepancy between the

false social security number alleged in count twelve and the

false number proved at trial does not amount to a constructive

amendment to the indictment.      See United States v. Munoz, 150
F.3d 401, 417 (5th Cir. 1998).     Thus, no plain error is evident.

See Calverley, 37 F.3d at 162-64.

       AFFIRMED.

       ***
         Defense exhibit 3 is a photocopy of Ifabiyi’s passport,
the original which was purportedly stolen or misplaced, and
Defense exhibit 4 is a receipt, dated November 9, 1991, of the
payment in cash of Nigerian customs and excise tax on two
computers.