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· 3/3/1976

United States v. Albert John Pena

Citations

  • 527 F.2d 1356
  • 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 12583

How courts have described this case

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  • exculpatory statement insufficiently against penal interest where “there are possible explanations .. . inconsistent with culpability”
  • although made to a friend, statement lacked reliability because made several months after the act

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Judges: Clark, Ro-Ney, Wisdom

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