Courts would allow statements against parties who deliberately block testimony

Courts would be allowed to use a statement against a party who wrongfully made its speaker unavailable or went along with someone else doing so. The rule covers statements offered against a person or organization that is a party in a court case. The speaker must be unavailable under the court’s witness rules. The party must have intended to make the speaker unavailable as a witness. The statement would remain subject to the evidence limits in section 27-403, which is not included here.