Lan Trinh v. David Fineman

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• holding that statement by third party claiming ownership of drugs was a statement against penal interest; “Scalia’s statement was made to a reliable person of authority under circumstances that would assure trustworthiness and reliability”
• noting that an unavailable witness’ statement was admissible under the statement against interest hearsay exception because the witness admitted to the crime for which the defendant had been charged
• noting that an unavailable witness’ statement was admissible under the statement against interest hearsay exception because the witness admitted to the crime for which the defendant had been charged
• “regardless of the likelihood of her prosecution, [the witness’] statement was obviously self-incriminatory and unquestionably against her own penal interest . . . she clearly was aware of the possibility that her disclosure would lead to criminal prosecution[.]”
• “regardless of the likelihood of her prosecution, [the witness’] statement was obviously self-incriminatory and unquestionably against her own penal interest . . . she clearly was aware of the possibility that her disclosure would lead to criminal prosecution[.]”
• “regardless of the likelihood of her prosecution, [the witness’] statement was obviously self- incriminatory and unquestionably against her own penal interest . . . she clearly was aware of the possibility that her disclosure would lead to criminal prosecution[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).