State v. Platt’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “The following are not excluded by the hearsay rule if the declarant is unavailable as a witness [as provided in M.R. Evid. 804(a) ]: [[Image here]] (3) Statement against interest. A statement which was at the time of its making so far contrary to the declarant’s pecuniary or proprietary interest, or so far tended to subject the declarant to civil or criminal liability or to render invalid a claim by the declarant against another or to make the declarant an object of hatred, ridicule, or disgrace, that a reasonable person in the declar-ant’s position would not have made the statement unless believing it to be true. A statement tending to expose the de-clarant to criminal liability and offered in a criminal case is not admissible unless corroborating circumstances clearly indicate the trustworthiness of the statement. A statement or confession offered against the accused in a criminal case, made by a defendant or other person implicating both the declarant and the accused, is not within this exception.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State of Maine v. Richard A. Larsen Jr.