Opinion ID: 766923
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Heading Rank: 10

Heading: 18 U.S.C. S 201(c)(2)

Text: 118 The defendants argue that the government violated the antigratuity statute, 18 U.S.C. S 201(c)(2), by offering immunity to two unindicted co-conspirators (Gabareyev and Bekaryn) in exchange for their truthful testimony against the defendants, and that the district court erred in not suppressing those witness's testimony. Because the defendants failed to object to the admission of their co-conspirators' testimony in the district court, we review this issue for plain error. See United States v. Olano, 507 U.S. 725, 731-32 (1993). 119 This court recently foreclosed this issue by holding that a district court does not commit plain error by failing to suppress testimony similarly obtained in alleged violation of section 201(c)(2). See United States v. Flores, 172 F.3d 695, 699-700 (9th Cir. 1999), petition for cert. filed, (U.S. June 28, 1999) (No. 99-5111). We hold that the district court did not plainly err under section 201(c)(2) in failing to suppress the testimony of the defendant's co-conspirators.