Judgment affirmed.
Criminal Term properly refused to admit into evidence the out-of-court statement made by a nonparty witness who was unavailable for trial, having asserted his constitutional privilege against self-incrimination. The subject statement constituted hearsay which was not against the declarant's penal interest, nor did the surrounding circumstances contain any indicia of reliability. As such, the statement was not admissible pursuant to an exception...
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