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· 4/13/1978

United States v. Rowland Chester Thomas

Citations

  • 571 F.2d 285
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 11692
  • 3 Fed. R. Serv. 351

How courts have described this case

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  • declaration against interest sufficiently corroborated when statement was not elicited by questioning, was facially spontaneous, and was made in the presence of several witnesses
  • statement that the defendant “didn’t have anything to do with it” was a statement against interest
  • statement that the defendant \didn't have anything to do with it\ was a statement against interest

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Judges: Godbold, Hill, Fay

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