Brisbon v. United States

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• holding that the question of credibility of a witness was for the jury to consider, not the trial court, in the context of proffered testimony under the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule
• reversing conviction where defense witness was excluded based on judge‟s determination that witness was biased, noting that is “essentially a credibility determination that should have been left to the jury”
• trial court erred in finding that “appellant‟s longtime friend” was “not a reliable witness” to testify about an excited utterance that met the foundational requirements for admission

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