GODBOLD, Circuit Judge: This case requires us to consider the dimensions of Federal Rule of Evidence 804(b)(3), which excepts from the hearsay rule statements against penal interest made by a declarant whose testimony is unavailable at trial. The appellant, Thomas, was tried for bank robbery jointly with Weeks. At trial Thomas sought to place a U.S. Magistrate on the stand to te…
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