United States v. Roberto Salvador and Oscar Salvador

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• explaining that contradictory evidence does not preclude admission of exculpatory statement but does detract from “clarity of corroboration”
• stating inference of trustworthiness from proffered corroborating circumstances must be strong, not merely allowable, not an insignificant hurdle
• requiring corroboration of both the declarant’s credibility and the truth of the statement
• “Guzman was not clearly trustworthy since he knew Oscar and may have had reason to lie for him .... ”
• inference of trustworthiness from proffered corroborating circumstances must be strong, not merely allowable, not an insignificant hurdle
• corroboration of both the declarant's trustworthiness and of the statement's trustworthiness was required

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