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U.S. v. Lara, No. 97-2215 (1st Cir.) (181 F.3d 183) (June 30, 1999) (Judge Bruce M. Selya)

Here the First Circuit rejected the Tenth Circuit's ruling in U.S. v. Singleton, 144 F.3d 1343 as "nothing more than an aberration" and, in its "explicit and unqualified" ruling, it held that 18 USC ยง 201(c)(2) "does not apply at all" to prosecutors.

The Court stated: "There are several reasons ...

 

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