United States Eleventh Circuit

Retired boxer Roberto Duran may reclaim his championship boxing belts, as judgment on the jury's verdict awarding him rightful ownership is affirmed. Although an apology for a theft was not properly admitted under the hearsay exception set out in Federal Rule of Evidence 803(3), the testimony concerning the apology as a statement against interest by a declarant unavailable at trial was admissible under Rule 804(b)(3).

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/19/2003
• Published 09/19/2003

Judges

• CARNES, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT, BIRCH and CARNES, Circuit Judges:

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gordon C. Watt, Miami, FL, for Baez., Anne R. Schultz, Miami, FL, for U.S.