[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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        No. 97-1096



                                    UNITED STATES,



                                      Appellee,



                                          v.



                             CARLOS RENE GONZALEZ-CORREA,



                                Defendant, Appellant.



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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO



                   [Hon. Daniel R. Dominguez, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                               Selya, Boudin and Stahl,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Lucien  B. Campbell,  Acting Federal  Public Defender,  and  Laura
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        Maldonado Rodriguez,  Assistant Federal Public Defender,  on brief for
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        appellant.

            Guillermo Gil, United  States Attorney, Nelson Perez-Sosa, Antonio
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        R. Bazan,  Assistant  United States  Attorneys,  and Jose  A.  Quiles-
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        Espinosa, Senior Litigation Counsel, on brief for appellee.
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                                    June 20, 1997

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                 Per Curiam.  Upon careful review  of the parties' briefs
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            and  the record, we find  no reason to  overturn the district



            court's conclusion.  We cannot  say that the district court's



            findings were clearly erroneous.



                 The sentence is affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.
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