Court Opinion

ID: 9465797
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 00:55:57.559287+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:39:22.491348
License: Public Domain

TONE, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
I differ with the majority only on the harmless error question. As Judge Bauer demonstrates, Rule 803(24) is unavailable to the government, and the hearsay was inadmissible under Rule 801(d)(1)(B), because the motive to falsify was the same when the hearsay statement was made as it was when the declarant testified at trial. See 4 Weinstein’s Evidence 1801(d)(l)(B)[01] at 801 — 100 (1977); 4 Wigmore, Evidence § 1128 at 268-270 (Chadbourn Rev.1972). In view of the critical importance of the credibility of the informer, I would reverse and remand for a new trial.