[NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                         FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT





No. 98-1344



                       UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,



                               Appellee,



                                  v.



                            EDWARD CARDONA,



                         Defendant, Appellant.



                                             





             APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                   FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND



               [Hon. Mary M. Lisi, U.S. District Judge]



                                             



                                Before



                        Torruella, Chief Judge,



                      Cyr, Senior Circuit Judge,



                       and Stahl, Circuit Judge.



                                             







     James T. McCormick for appellant. 

     Mary E. Rogers, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom

Margaret E. Curran, United States Attorney, was on brief for appellee.





                                             



                                December 2, 1998

                                            

                                  

                                  

          Per Curiam.  Following oral argument and a full review of the

entire record on appeal, we conclude that the three rulings

challenged on appeal were all well within the discretion of the

distr                      ict court.

                              Affirmed.