USA v. Ramsey, Charles W., No. 97-3100 (D.C. Cir. 1999)
Annotate this CaseThis opinion or order relates to an opinion or order originally issued on February 9, 1999.
United States Court of Appeals for the district of columbia circuit
Nos. 98-3199, 97-3184 September Term, 1998
United States of America, No. 95cr00326-01 Appellee v.
Charles W. Ramsey,
Appellant Before: Wald, Williams, and Henderson, Circuit Judges.
O R D E R
It is ORDERED by the court that the opinion filed by the court on February 9, 1999 be amended as follows:
Page 17, lines 10-12: Delete the following sentence "Such a prosecutor would not be acting as the United States because an ultra vires act implicates no sovereign interest."
Page 17, footnote 13: Add at the end of the footnote: "That section 201(b)(3) applies to federal prosecutors while section 201(c)(2) does not, despite the similarities between the two sections, follows from Nardone; the Government has no recognized interest in paying a witness to give untruthful testimony and no absurdity would result in punishing a prosecutor who offers a witness money or any other thing of value to obtain untruthful testimony."
Per Curiam For the Court
Filed on April 1, 1999
Nos. 98-3199, 97-3184 September Term, 1998
United States of America, No. 95cr00326-01 Appellee v.
Charles W. Ramsey,
Appellant Before: Wald, Williams, and Henderson, Circuit Judges.
O R D E R
It is ORDERED by the court that the opinion filed by the court on February 9, 1999 be amended as follows:
Page 17, lines 10-12: Delete the following sentence "Such a prosecutor would not be acting as the United States because an ultra vires act implicates no sovereign interest."
Page 17, footnote 13: Add at the end of the footnote: "That section 201(b)(3) applies to federal prosecutors while section 201(c)(2) does not, despite the similarities between the two sections, follows from Nardone; the Government has no recognized interest in paying a witness to give untruthful testimony and no absurdity would result in punishing a prosecutor who offers a witness money or any other thing of value to obtain untruthful testimony."
Per Curiam For the Court
Filed on April 1, 1999
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