People v. McLaughlin

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• holding that a victim’s statement to a police officer was admissible under the excited utterance exception under similar circumstances
• stating that this Court will generally “not reverse a trial court’s order if it reached the right result for the wrong reason.”
• recognizing the theory underlying the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule: that an individual having just experienced a “startling event will not have the reflective capacity essential for fabrication[.]”
• recognizing the theory underlying the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule: that an individual having just experienced a “startling event will not have the reflective capacity essential for fabrication[.]”
• finding that where the instances of misconduct were too brief to prejudice the defendant and the trial court instructed the prosecutor to refrain from being combative, there was no cumulative effect of the errors warranting reversal
• finding harmless error where witness’s expert testimony fell “almost entirely” within the limitations of MRE 701

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