BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Burton Ferrara and Sohiel Omar appeal from their convictions for bank larceny, money laundering and conspiracy. The single issue is whether the district court erred in excluding, over the defendants' objection, grand jury testimony of a witness who had died prior to the trial. The issue turns on the application of the hearsay exception for "former testimony." Fed.R.Evid. 804(b)(1).
On March 27, 1991, a Brinks armored truck making deliveries...
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