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                 United States Court of Appeals

                     For the First Circuit











No. 98-1273



                          UNITED STATES,



                            Appellee,



                                v.



                          ARTHUR L. DOE,



                      Defendant, Appellant.







           APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                                 

                FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

                                 



         [Hon. Reginald C. Lindsay, U.S. District Judge]







                              Before



                    Torruella, Chief Judge,

                Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,

                   and Lipez, Circuit Judge. 

                                

                                





     Diane L. Maldonado on brief for appellant.

     Donald K. Stern, United States Attorney and Jennifer Zacks,

Assistant U.S. Attorney on brief for appellee.









DECEMBER 9, 1998









                                

                                



     Per Curiam.  Upon careful review of the briefs and record, we

conclude that the district court did not commit plain error in

admitting evidence of defendant's escape from pre-trial detention,

see United States v. Tracy, 989 F.2d 1279, 1285 (1st Cir. 1993), or

in instructing the jury as to its discretion in weighing that

evidence, see United States v. Hyson, 721 F.2d 856, 864 (1st Cir.

1983).

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



































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