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People v. Brown

Citations

  • 70 N.Y.2d 513
  • 522 N.Y.S.2d 837
  • 517 N.E.2d 515
  • 1987 N.Y. LEXIS 18962

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  • victim’s statements to police officer approximately thirty minutes after shooting properly admitted as excited utterance
  • victim’s statements made in response to deliberate questions of police officer thirty minutes after shooting admissible as spontaneous utterance
  • “made ‘under the stress of excitement caused by an external event’ and not ‘under the impetus of studied reflection’” (quoting People v. Edwards, 47 N.Y.2d 493, 497, 419 N.Y.S.2d 45, 392 N.E.2d 1229 (1979))

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Judges: Hancock

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