United States v. Kenneth Ward Thomas, United States of America v. John David Curtis

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• concluding that the government’s attempts to locate witnesses by the service of process were reasonable
• holding that witnesses were unavailable when Government maintained contact with one witness directly and with the other through his attorney, but both witnesses absconded following their grand jury testimony and could not be located by service of process
• explaining that a witness is not unavailable if the Government has failed to employ reasonable means to obtain the witness’ presence (citing Fed.R.Evid. 804(a)(5))
• affirming the admissibility of prior recorded testimony where the two witnesses vanished and the government attempted in vain to locate them
• affirming the admissibility of prior recorded testimony where the two witnesses vanished and the government attempted in vain to locate them

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