Prior testimony admissibility when witness is unavailable, subject to same party identity and cross examination opportunity.

Prior testimony given in a judicial proceeding or before an authorized person is relevant in a later or subsequent judicial proceeding when the witness is unavailable by death, absence, incapacity, or being kept away, or cannot be produced without unreasonable delay or expense; provided the prior proceeding involved the same parties or their representatives in interest, the adverse party had the opportunity and right to cross-examine, and the issues are substantially the same. A criminal trial or inquiry counts as a proceeding between prosecutor and accused.

---

---

---