BOARDMAN, Acting Chief Judge.
Ivory Brinson appeals her conviction for robbery, contending that the trial court erred in not allowing her to introduce hearsay testimony under the declaration against interest exception to the hearsay rule. We agree and reverse.
On July 31, 1978, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Ambrose Liming was sitting on a bench in a park in downtown St. Petersburg, when a white male and a black female sat down on either side of him. Suddenly...
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