United States v. Sonya Evette Singleton, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae

PORFILIO, Circuit Judge.

Sonya Singleton was convicted of money laundering and conspiring to distribute cocaine. A panel of this court reversed that conviction on the ground the prosecuting attorney violated 18 U.S.C. § 201(c)(2) when he offered leniency to a co-defendant in exchange for truthful testimony. The panel held the testimony of the co-defendant should have been suppressed and that the failure to do so was not harmless error. United States v. Singleton, 144 F.3d 1343 (10th Cir.1998). The en banc court vacated the panel decision, id. at 1361, and has now reheard the appeal. We now…