May 9, 1994           [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]
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                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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          No. 93-2269

                              UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                      Appellee,

                                          v.

                                  JUVENAL GRAJALES,

                                Defendant, Appellant.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND

                 [Hon. Francis J. Boyle, Senior U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Selya, Circuit Judge,
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                            Bownes, Senior Circuit Judge,
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                              and Boudin, Circuit Judge.
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               Edward  J. Romano, with whom John F. Cicilline was on brief,
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          for appellant.
               Margaret E.  Curran, Assistant United  States Attorney, with
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          whom Edwin  J.  Gale, United  States  Attorney, and  Lawrence  D.
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          Gaynor,  Assistant United  States  Attorney, were  on brief,  for
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          appellee.

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                    Per Curiam.  Having  carefully reviewed the record, the
                    Per Curiam.
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          briefs, and the matters raised at oral argument, we conclude that

          no hint of error  appears.  Accordingly, we summarily  affirm the

          defendant's conviction  and the sentence imposed  by the district

          court.   See 1st Cir.  Loc. R.  27.1; see also  United States  v.
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          Ruiz-Garcia, 886 F.2d 474, 477 (1st Cir. 1989).
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          Affirmed.
          Affirmed.
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