United States v. Carl Martin Brandenfels

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• missing witness may not be extradited, and if extradited could invoke Fifth Amendment privilege
• missing witness may not be extradited, and if extradited could invoke Fifth Amendment privilege
• statements inadmissible because made to defendant four to six weeks after declarant fled the country
• motion for continuance made late in the proceedings; denial of continuance proper in view of excessive trial preparation required of the government and the number of witnesses expected to be called
• statement inadmissible because “if [declarant] had already resigned himself to eventual apprehension and prosecution, the ease against him was so overwhelming . . . that he had little to lose by exon erating [the defendant]”

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