United States v. Ramiro Gonzalez

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• holding statement was not admissible where witness had been given immunity and statement could not subject him to liability
• excluding statement against penal interest under Fed.R. Evid. 804(b)(3) because declarant had been granted immunity from prosecution and because pressures from the prosecution and grand jury made it his “best interest” to make the statement
• grand jury testimony lacked surrounding indicia of reliability so that admission violated Confrontation Clause
• grand jury testimony lacked surrounding indicia of reliability so that admission violated Confrontation Clause
• grand jury transcript disclosed that declarant obviously decided after pressure by prosecutor to testify
• lack of cross-examination was one factor against admission of grand jury testimony

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