United States v. Robert J. Snyder

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• “While Snyder did not confirm every detail of Barton’s testimony, he conceded enough to make the whole adequately trustworthy.”
• “The standards are similar, yet distinct, and reliability may not be inferred under a Sixth Amendment analysis merely because the prior testimony is admissible under Rule 804(b)(5).”
• where defendant took stand and corroborated testimony of unavailable witness, corroboration adequate to make testimony trustworthy
• sixth amendment challenge can be overcome if proponent can show “that the testimony was given under circumstances which ‘indicate that it is probably true’ and which provide the jury with a sufficient basis for judging its truthfulness”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).