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                 United States Court of Appeals

                     For the First Circuit

                                

                                







No. 97-1797



                          UNITED STATES,



                            Appellee,



                                v.



                     ALONSO JARAMILLO-OCHOA,



                      Defendant, Appellant.







           APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                 FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO



          [Hon. Hector M. Laffitte, U.S. District Judge]







                              Before



                       Selya, Circuit Judge,

                Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,

                   and Lynch, Circuit Judge.

                                

                                





     Benito I. Rodriguez-Masso on brief for appellant.

     Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Nelson Perez-Sosa,

Assistant United States Attorney, and Jose A. Quiles-Espinosa,

Senior Litigation Counsel, on brief for appellee.











June 16, 1998







                                

                                

              Per Curiam.  Upon careful review, we perceive no

    error in the district court's decision, which was consistent

    with the holding in United States v. Clase-Espinal, 115 F.3d

    1054, 1059 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 118 S. Ct. 384 (1997).

                Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.