Heard November 21, 1991.
Decided January 6, 1992.
TOAL, Justice:
The appellant, Doctor, was convicted of armed robbery. The issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in excluding out-of-court statements made against the declarant's penal interest offered to exculpate the accused. We reverse.
FACTS
At trial the victim and sole eyewitness testified Doctor, accompanied by two other boys, approached him in a shopping...
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