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U.S. v. Barnett, No. 98-30365 (5th Cir.) (197 F.3d 138) (November 22, 1999) (Judge Henry A. Politz)

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2000 published in Punch and Jurists January 17, 2000
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With sweeping language, the Fifth Circuit held that 18 USC § 201(c)(2) is not violated when prosecutors compensate informants for their cooperation - apparently without any limits on the amount of compensation offered for testimony.

Now that the Government has successfully quashed all efforts to limit its practice of offering …

 

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