[NOT FOR PUBLICATION--NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT] United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 97-1809 UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. ANTHONY KING, Defendant, Appellant. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND [Hon. Francis J. Boyle, U.S. District Judge] Before Torruella, Chief Judge, Coffin, Senior Circuit Judge, and Stahl, Circuit Judge. Robert B. Mann and Mann & Mitchell on brief for appellant. Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Attorney, Margaret E. Curran, Assistant United States Attorney, and Ira Belkin, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee. May 26, 1998 Per Curiam. Upon careful review of the briefs and record, we find no reason to overturn the sentence imposed by the district court. 1. Pointing to the district court's remark that it had no "doubt that the Defendant now accepts responsibility," defendant argues that the court found a sincere acceptance of responsibility and that nothing more is needed under comment n.4 to U.S.S.G. 3E1.1 to warrant a reduction. However, the court effectively qualified the quoted remark by noting that defendant had agreed to plead guilty only after his attempt to obstruct justice failed. In short, we believe that the district court reasonably noted the delayed onset of defendant's sincerity and acted within its discretion in denying a reduction. 2. The adjustment for defendant's role in the offense was amply supported by the uncontested description of his activities in initiating and executing the scheme and in recruiting its participants. 3. We perceive no abuse of discretion in the district court's decision that the federal sentence should be only partially concurrent with the prior state sentence. Affirmed. See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.