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McCord v. State

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  • 825 S.E.2d 122

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  • holding that even if admission of certain statements violated the Confrontation Clause, any error was harmless beyond a 16 reasonable doubt because they were cumulative of other statements made by the same witness and the other evidence against the defendant was strong
  • statement made while declarant was still under stress or excitement of the startling event admissible as an excited utterance
  • even if the trial court erred in admitting hearsay evidence as a present sense impression, such evidence was nevertheless admissible under the excited utterance exception and the trial court’s decision to admit the evidence was not in error
  • alleged violation of the right to confront witnesses

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Judges: Ellington

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