United States v. Monserrate-Valentin

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the declarant’s statement that he and four others robbed a truck was “plainly self-inculpatory, even though it also inculpated other members of [a] conspiracy”
• defining the requirement of “meaningful corroboration” as “evidence that clearly indicates that the statements were worthy of belief, based upon the circumstances in which the statements were made”
• corroborating circumstances found where statements made to cousins and undercover agent
• “[Ajppellants have failed to persuade us that a mere playback to the jury of an admitted recording is a stage of the trial implicating a defendant’s rights under the Confrontation Clause.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).