ROSS, Circuit Judge, dissenting. I would affirm the conviction of Mr. Riley. In my opinion the statement in question was clearly against the penal interest of the missing witness and was sufficiently corroborated by other evidence to supply the necessary indicia of reliability. I believe United States v. Alvarez, supra, was incorrectly decided and requires more than was contemplated when Federal Rul…
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