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803(24): Statements Against Interest
Rule 803. Exceptions to the Rule Against Hearsay—Regardless of Whether the
Declarant Is Available as a Witness
The following are not excluded by the rule against hearsay, regardless of whether the declarant is available as a witness...(24) Statement Against Interest. A statement that:
(A) a reasonable person in the declarant’s position would have made only if the person believed it to be true because, when made, it was so contrary to the declarant’s proprietary or pecuniary interest or had so great a tendency to invalidate the declarant’s claim against someone else or to expose the
declarant to civil or criminal liability or to make the declarant an object of
hatred, ridicule, or disgrace; and
(B) is supported by corroborating circumstances that clearly indicate its
trustworthiness, if it is offered in a criminal case as one that tends to expose
the declarant to criminal liability.
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