
USCA1 Opinion

	




                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                                                                     _____________________          No. 96-2306                                    UNITED STATES,                                      Appellee,                                          v.                       RONDA R. NICHOLS, A/K/A RONDA R. BURKE,                                Defendant, Appellant.                                 ____________________                                     ERRATA SHEET               The opinion of this court issued on April 8, 1997 is amended          as follows:               On cover sheet, the name of "[Hon. David M. Cohen, U.S.          Magistrate Judge]" should be changed to read "[Hon. D. Brock          Hornby, U.S. District Judge]."                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 96-2306                                    UNITED STATES,                                      Appellee,                                          v.                       RONDA R. NICHOLS, A/K/A RONDA R. BURKE,                                Defendant, Appellant.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                              FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE                     [Hon. D. Brock Hornby, U.S. District Judge]                                 ____________________                                        Before                                Torruella, Chief Judge,                                           ___________                           Campbell, Senior Circuit Judge,                                     ____________________                              and Boudin, Circuit Judge.                                          _____________                                 ____________________            Tina Schneider on brief for appellant.            ______________            Jay  P. McCloskey,  United States  Attorney, F.  Mark  Terison and            _________________                            _________________        Donald  E. Clark,  Assistant  United States  Attorneys,  on brief  for        ________________        appellee.                                 ____________________                                    April 8, 1997                                 ____________________                 Per Curiam.   Upon  careful consideration of  the briefs                 __________            and  record, we conclude  that defendant's  sentence properly            was enhanced under U.S.S.G.   3A1.1(b).  The district court's            findings   adequately  pointed  to  the  victim's  particular            vulnerability, including  her advanced  age and inability  to            keep  track of  her  finances, and  to defendant's  knowledge            thereof during  the extended  period of  the offense.   Those            findings   were  not   clearly  erroneous   and  sufficiently            supported the   3A1.1(b)  enhancement.  See United States  v.                                                    ___ _____________            Feldman, 83 F.3d 9, 15-17 (1st Cir. 1996).            _______                 Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.                 ________   ___                                         -2-
