MARTINO, J.C.C. (temporarily assigned).
The question before the court concerns the construction of Evid. R. 63(3) (b), adopted by the Supreme Court in 1967. That rule provides in relevant part that
* * * where the declarant is unavailable as a witness, testimony is admissible if ... (b) in a criminal proceeding, the testimony was given by the declarant personally as a witness in a former trial of a criminal proceeding in which the issue was such that...
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