Criminal – Manslaughter – 911 Call – Excited Utterance
By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 4, 2008
A woman’s 911 call identifying defendant as the person who cut the stabbing victim was admissible at defendant’s trial as an “excited utterance,” even though the woman was not offering a spontaneous narrative but answering the 911 operator’s questions; the Court of Appeals affirms defendant’s manslaughter conviction.
The woman had been walking down the street with ...
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