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Mass. G. Evid. [section] 804, "Hearsay Exceptions; Declarant Unavailable," states:
"(b) The following are not excluded by the rule against hearsay if the declarant is unavailable as a witness: ...
"(3) Statement Against Interest. A statement that 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. In a criminal case, the exception does not apply to a statement that tends to expose the declarant to criminal liability and is offered to exculpate the defendant, or is offered by the Commonwealth to inculpate the defendant, unless corroborating circumstances clearly indicate the trustworthiness of the statement."
NOTES 1. Generally. "Hearsay is admissible (as) a statement against penal interest ... if (1) the declarant is unavailable to testify, (2) the statement so far tends to subject the declarant to criminal prosecution that a reasonable person in the declarant's position would not have...