Whether the trial judge denied the petitioner a trial in accord with fundamental standards of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing the defense from introducing a tape-recorded jail conversation of the petitioner's wife admitting to committing the crimes in question as a statement against interest

QUESTION PRESENTED WHETHER FLORIDA ERRONEOUSLY DECIDED , THAT THE TRIAL JUDGE DID NOT DENY PETITIONER A TRIAL IN ACCORD WITH FUNDAMENTAL STANDARDS OF DUE PROCESS, GUARANTEED UNDER THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, WHEN HE PREVENTED DEFENSE FROM INTRODUCING A TAPE-RECORDED JAIL CONVERSATION OF PETITIONER’S WIFE ADMITTING THAT SHE HAD COMMITTED THE CRIMES IN QUESTION AS A STATEMENT AGAINST INTEREST? 1