per curiam, 501 Pa. 393, 461 A.2d 794 (1983); Commonwealth v. Whitner, 278 Pa. Super. 175, 420 A.2d 486 (1980); Commonwealth v. Woods, 275 Pa. Super. 392, 418 A.2d 1346 (1980); Commonwealth v. Washington, 274 Pa. Super. 560, 418 A.2d 548 (1980); Commonwealth v. Dombrauskas, 274 Pa. Super. 452, 418 A.2d 493 (1980); Commonwealthv. Stafford, 272 Pa. Super. 505, 416 A.2d 570 (1979); Commonwealth v. Herman, 271 Pa. Super. 145, 412 A.2d 617 (1979); Commonwealth v. Epps, 270 Pa. Super. 295, 411 A.2d 534 (1979); Commonwealth v. Henson, 269 Pa. Super. 314, 409 A.2d 906 (1979); Commonwealth v. Cooke, 267 Pa. Super. 34, 405 A.2d 1290 (1979). Commonwealth v. Ashmore, 266 Pa. Super. 181, 403 A.2d 603 (1979); Commonwealth v. Golson, 263 Pa. Super. 143, 397 A.2d 441 (1979); Commonwealth v. Vickers, 260 Pa. Super. 479, 394 A.2d 1027 (1978); Commonwealth v. Vickers, 260 Pa. Super. 469, 394 A.2d 1022 (1978); Commonwealth v. Johnston, 258 Pa. Super. 429, 392 A.2d 869 (1978); Commonwealth v. Connor, 258 Pa. Super. 246, 392 A.2d 776 (1978); Commonwealth v. Quartman, 253 Pa. Super. 460, 385 A.2d 429 (1978); Commonwealth v. Rompilla, 250 Pa. Super. 139, 378 A.2d 865 (1977); Commonwealth v. Bryant, 247 Pa. Super. 386, 372 A.2d 880 (1977); Commonwealth v. Flores, 247 Pa. Super. 140, 371 A.2d 1366 (1977); Commonwealth v. Campbell, 244 Pa. Super. 505, 368 A.2d 1299 (1976); Commonwealth v. Smith, 240 Pa. Super. 212, 361 A.2d 862 (1976), rev'd.
Id., 424 Pa. at 553-554, 227 A.2d at 629 (emphasis in original) (citation omitted). See also: Commonwealth v. Allen, supra 501 Pa. at 530, 462 A.2d at 627; Commonwealth v. Rolon, 486 Pa. 573, 406 A.2d 1039 (1979); Commonwealth v. Weaver, 274 Pa. Super. 593, 418 A.2d 565 (1980); Commonwealth v. Cooke, 267 Pa. Super. 34, 405 A.2d 1290 (1979). It is not necessary that a real danger of prosecution exist.
Commonwealth v. Cristina, 481 Pa. 44, 391 A.2d 1307 (1978). "Such declarations must be made `under circumstances that provide considerable assurance of their reliability in order to be admissible as exceptions to the hearsay rule.' Commonwealth v. Cooke, [267] Pa.Super. [34, 40], 405 A.2d 1290, 1292 (1979). See also, Chambers v.Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284, 300, 93 S.Ct. 1038, 1048, 35 L.Ed.2d 297 (1973); Commonwealth v. Lewis, 472 Pa. 235, 372 A.2d 399 (1977); Nash, supra; Commonwealth v. Fishel, 251 Pa. Super. 528, 380 A.2d 906 (1977).
Commonwealth v. Flores, 247 Pa. Super. 140, 146-47, 371 A.2d 1366, 1369-1370 (1977). Cf.Commonwealth v. Cooke, 267 Pa. Super. 34, 40, 405 A.2d 1290, 1293 (1979) (defendant had several eyewitnesses); Commonwealthv. Quartman, 253 Pa. Super. 460, 465, 385 A.2d 429, 432 (1978) (defendant presented his defense through testimony of other witnesses); Commonwealth v. Campbell, 244 Pa. Super. 505, 509, 368 A.2d 1299, 1301 (1976) (defendant called other witnesses to show that he did not commit the crime).
All other criteria set out in Commonwealth v. Bighum, 452 Pa. 554, 307 A.2d 255 (1973) and Commonwealth v. Roots, 482 Pa. 33, 393 A.2d 364 (1978) have been met. See, e.g. Commonwealth v. Cooke, 267 Pa. Super. 34, 405 A.2d 1290 (1979).
"Such declarations must be made `under circumstances that provide considerable assurance of their reliability in order to be admissible as exceptions to the hearsay rule." Commonwealth v. Cooke, 267 Pa. Super. 34, 40, 405 A.2d 1290, 1292 (1979). See also, Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284, 300, 93 S.Ct. 1038, 1048, 35 L.Ed.2d 297 (1973); Commonwealth v. Lewis, 472 Pa. 235, 372 A.2d 399 (1977); Nash, supra; Commonwealth v. Fishel, 251 Pa. Super. 528, 380 A.2d 906 (1977).