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State v. Hafford

Citations

  • 410 A.2d 219
  • 1980 Me. LEXIS 488

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  • holding that an assault victim's statement to a neighbor was admissible as an excited utterance even though the victim wrapped up his injured hand and waited several minutes after the attack until he felt it was safe to leave to seek help
  • holding that an assault victim’s statement to a neighbor was admissible as an excited utterance even though the victim wrapped up his injured hand and waited several minutes after the attack until he felt it was safe to leave to seek help
  • admitting a statement where “[the declarant's] hand was bleeding and wrapped in a towel, and ... he appeared to be ‘shaken up’ ”

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Judges: McKusick, Wer-Nick, Godfrey, Nichols, Glass-Man, Pomeroy, Archibald

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