Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/11/2002

Commonwealth v. King

Citations

436 Mass. 252
763 N.E.2d 1071
2002 Mass. LEXIS 135

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statement admissible as exception to hearsay rule when \made under the influence of an exciting event\ and which tends to \explain the underlying event\
appellate court reviewed issue where defendant argued to trial judge that witness claiming Fifth had waived it by earlier voir dire testimony
judge has broad discretion to determine whether prerequisites for excited utterance have been met
\We recognize that victims of domestic violence often change their minds about whether to testify and whether to press charges in connection with a prior attack\
statement by declarant to emergency room doctor who treated her, made one hour after assault, qualified as excited utterance. See Commonwealth v. Marshall , 434 Mass. 358 , 364, 749 N.E.2d 147 (2001
“it is the circumstances of the excited utterance that confer the requisite reliability”

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