Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court providently exercised its discretion in precluding the defendant from entering into evidence a written statement by his friend, who was present at the scene and had implicated himself as the shooter. In order for a declaration against penal interest to be admissible at trial, the proponent must establish that: (1) the declarant was unavailable as a witness at trial, (2) when the statement was made the declarant...
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