Opinion ID: 198984
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Collazo-Aponte's Argument

Text: 113 Collazo-Aponte raises a closely related argument regarding the testimony of Wilfredo and David Martinez-Matta. Namely, Collazo-Aponte contends that the Martinez-Mattas' post-conviction cooperation agreements violated 18 U.S.C. § 201(c)(2), and therefore the district court should have excluded their testimony. This Court has squarely rejected this argument: We hold, without serious question, that 18 U.S.C. § 201(c)(2) does not bar the government from promising leniency or the like to cooperating witnesses. United States v. Lara, 181 F.3d 183, 198 (1st Cir. 1999); see also United States v. Falu-Gonzalez, 205 F.3d 436, 445 (1st Cir. 2000). Accordingly, the district court did not err in admitting the contested testimony.