People v. Kowalak

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• concluding that a statement made by an adult victim approximately 45 minutes after the startling event constituted an excited utterance under the circumstances
• concluding that a statement made by an adult victim approximately 45 minutes after the startling event constituted an excited utterance under the circumstances
• concluding, “[i]t is hard to conceive of a more startling (or terrifying) event with which one might be confronted than a serious death threat.”
• a neighbor’s testimony describing the declarant mother’s statement that her son had threatened her shortly before the declarant was murdered was hearsay where it was offered to show that the son had threatened his mother shortly before her murder
• a neighbor’s testimony describing the declarant mother’s statement that her son had threatened her shortly before the declarant was murdered was hearsay where it was offered to show that the son had threatened his mother shortly before her murder

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).