UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-4419
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
REBA PANDORA RICE,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Greenville. Henry M. Herlong, Jr., District
Judge. (CR-02-1089)
Submitted: February 25, 2004 Decided: March 29, 2004
Before MICHAEL, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Andrew D. Grimes, ANDREW D. GRIMES, P.A., Summerville, South
Carolina, for Appellant. J. Strom Thurmond, Jr., United States
Attorney, Kevin F. McDonald, Assistant United States Attorney,
Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Reba Pandora Rice appeals from a sentence of fifteen
months’ imprisonment following her guilty plea to marriage fraud
and conspiracy to commit marriage fraud. In Rice’s presentence
report, the probation officer recommended that the offense level be
increased by three levels pursuant to U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
Manual § 3B1.1(b) (2002). The district court expressly adopted the
findings of fact contained in the report.
Though Rice did not raise any objections to the
presentence report at the time of her sentencing, she now contends
that her offense level should not have been increased because the
district court failed to recite its findings to support the
adjustment. After careful review of the record, we find that
Rice’s challenge fails to demonstrate plain error. See United
States v. Wells, 163 F.3d 889, 900 (4th Cir. 1998); United
States v. Terry, 916 F.2d 157, 162 (4th Cir. 1990).
We accordingly affirm Rice’s conviction and sentence. We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions
are adequately presented in the materials before the court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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