Michigan Supreme Court· 9/21/1993

People v. Poole

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506 N.W.2d 505
444 Mich. 151

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declarant’s status as a defendant in a separate trial renders him unavailable, interpreting Mich. R. Evid. 804(a)
“ ‘[T]he totality of the circumstances must indicate that the statement is sufficiently reliable to allow its admission as substantive evidence although the defendant is unable to cross-examine the declarant.’ ”
“The circumstantial guaranty of reliability for declarations against the interest is the assumption that persons do not make statements which are damaging to themselves unless satisfied for good reason that they are true.”
“The circumstantial guaranty of reliability for declarations against the interest is the assumption that persons do not make statements which are damaging to themselves unless satisfied for good reason that they are true.”

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Judges: Cavanagh, Brickley, Boyle, Riley, Griffin, Mallett, Levin

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