United States v. Milton Edward Bailey

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• holding a hearsay statement not sufficiently against interest because the declarant was in custody and aware of the possibility of leniency if he confessed and implicated the defendant
• corroborating evidence could not satisfy requirement of \equivalent guarantees of trustworthiness\ under residual hearsay exception
• “consideration should be given to factors bearing on the reliability of the reporting of the hearsay by the witness”
• statement untrustworthy when made during negotiations with authorities for reduced charges during meeting with authorities
• \consideration should be given to factors bearing on the reliability of the reporting of the hearsay by the witness\
• the purposes of the rule and the requirement of fairness are satisfied under such circumstances

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).