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· 7/13/1978

Clemente v. Fahey

Citations

  • 45 N.Y.2d 756
  • 380 N.E.2d 332
  • 408 N.Y.S.2d 506
  • 1978 N.Y. LEXIS 2204

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that statements made were nontestimonial because the primary motivation of the declarant was to call for assistance
  • statements made to 911 operator held nontestimonial where declarant’s “primary motivation was to call for urgent assistance, and not to phone in an anonymous accusation”
  • call featuring 911 operator requesting description properly admitted under the excited-utterance exception to hearsay due to distraught nature of caller

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