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State v. Norgaard

Citations

  • 653 P.2d 483
  • 201 Mont. 165

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  • upholding a district court’s conclusion that the excited utterance rule should not apply to a statement made one hour after a verbal argument
  • trial judge has substantial discretion to exercise in determining whether an assertion against interest qualifies for exception to the hearsay rule, and only manifest abuse of that discretion will warrant reversal on appeal
  • trial judge has substantial discretion to exercise in determining whether an assertion against interest qualifies for exception to the hearsay rule, and only manifest abuse of that discretion will warrant reversal on appeal

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Judges: Morrison, Shea, Sheehy

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