United States v. George N. Collatos

JOHN R. BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, George Collatos seeks review of his conviction of one count of perjury. He has raised three issues on appeal, none of which has sufficient merit to overturn his conviction. We, therefore, affirm.

How it All Happened

In September of 1979, Collatos appeared as an immunized government witness at the extortion trial of Theodore Anzalone, an aide to former Mayor Kevin White of Boston. On cross-examination, Collatos suffered a severe “lapse of memory” with regard to a clandestine meeting clearly set up by Anzalone’s counsel and which Collatos had…