Rychart v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a criminal defendant was unavailable under Rule 804(a)(2) when he refused to testify despite an explicit order from the trial judge
• “In a case where the declarant is already incarcerated, it is not unreasonable for the trial judge to conclude that contempt proceedings would not motivate a witness to testify.”

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