Laumer v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the proponent of a proffered declaration against penal interest must overcome a “significant burden” to clearly demonstrate the trustworthiness of the declaration under the corroboration requirement
• holding declarations against penal interest admissible where certain conditions are met
• requiring unavailability of declarant for hearsay exception for statements against interest
• If the trial court concludes that the statements were not made, there is no basis for further inquiry.
• “The existence of a close relationship between the de-clarant and the witness also may provide indications of trustworthiness.”
• \declarations made shortly after the crime for which an accused is charged are often more reliable than those made after a lapse of time.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).