Gautam v. Hicks

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• holding that it was proper to admit police officer's testimony that a named declarant 7 who witnessed a shooting where the declarant had been \in a very excited state\
• holding that it was proper to admit police officer's testimony that a named declarant 7 who witnessed a shooting where the declarant had been \in a very excited state\
• “[A]ny statement obtained within six hours of arrest, absent coercion or other illegality, is not to be suppressed.... ”
• no violation of Duncan-Davenport rule where period of pre-arraignment interrogation did not exceed six hours
• any error in admitting non-testifying co-defendant's confession was harmless where it was merely cumulative of eyewitness testimony, defendant's admission and corroborating physical evidence
• any error in admitting non-testifying co-defendant’s confession was harmless where it was merely cumulative of eyewitness testimony, defendant’s admission and corroborating physical evidence

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