U.S. Department of Justice¶
United States Attorney¶
Southern District of Florida¶
| 500 E. Broward Boulevard, 7th Floor |¶
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| Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33394 |¶
| (954) 660-5946 |¶
February ___. 2010¶
Dave Lee Brannon, Esq.¶
Federal Public Defender’s Office¶
450 Australian Avenue, Suite 500¶
West Palm Beach, FL 33401¶
Re:¶
Dear Mr. Brannon:¶
This letter (hereinafter referred to as the “side letter”) contains additional terms of the plea agreement between the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida (hereinafter referred to as “this Office”) and your client, Alfredo Rodriguez (hereinafter referred to as “the defendant”).¶
The defendant agrees that he shall cooperate fully with this Office by:¶
(a) providing truthful and complete information and testimony, and producing documents, records and other evidence, when called upon by this Office or any other United States Attorney’s Office, whether in interviews, before a grand jury, or at any trial or other court proceeding, specifically by providing documents and information and testifying truthfully and completely regarding Jeffrey Epstein and any co-conspirator(s) of Jeffrey Epstein; and¶
(b) appearing at such grand jury proceedings, hearings, trials, and other judicial proceedings, and at meetings, as may be required by this Office or any other United States Attorney’s Office.¶
This Office reserves the right to evaluate the nature and extent of the defendant’s cooperation and to make the defendant’s cooperation, or lack thereof, known to the court at the time of sentencing. If in the sole and unreviewable judgment of this Office the defendant’s cooperation is of such quality and significance to the investigation or prosecution¶
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DAVE LEE BRANNON, ESQ. SIDE-LETTER AGREEMENT RE ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ PAGE 2¶
of other criminal matters as to warrant the court’s downward departure from the advisory sentence calculated under the Sentencing Guidelines, this Office may at or before sentencing make a motion consistent with the intent of Section 5K1.1 of the Sentencing Guidelines prior to sentencing, or Rule 35 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure subsequent to sentencing, reflecting that the defendant has provided substantial assistance and recommending that the defendant’s sentence be reduced from the advisory sentence suggested by the Sentencing Guidelines. The defendant acknowledges and agrees, however, that nothing in this Agreement may be construed to require this Office to file any such motion(s) and that this Office’s assessment of the nature, value, truthfulness, completeness, and accuracy of the defendant’s cooperation shall be binding insofar as the appropriateness of this Office’s filing of any such motion is concerned.¶
The defendant understands and acknowledges that the Court is under no obligation to grant the motion(s) referred to in this agreement should the government exercise its discretion to file any such motion. The defendant also understands and acknowledges that any decision to reduce the defendant’s sentence based upon his cooperation lies exclusively with the Court and that the Court is under no obligation to reduce the defendant’s sentence because of the defendant’s cooperation.¶
Sincerely,¶
JEFFREY H. SLOMAN¶
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY¶
Date: ___¶
Date: ___¶
By: ___¶
DAVE LEE BRANNON, ESQ.¶
ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT¶
Date: ___¶
By: ___¶
ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ, DEFENDANT¶
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