OPINION
LACAGNINA, Presiding Judge.
In this appeal from a conviction for kidnapping and sexual assault, we must decide whether the prosecutor's avowals concerning attempts to locate the victim and assure her presence at trial constituted the good-faith effort required for a finding of unavailability and subsequent admission of her former testimony. We hold that they do not, and reverse the convictions and sentences imposed.
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