We note at the outset that the testimony of Adrian Britton Phelps as to what the defendant's finance told her is hearsay and should have been excluded. It was not admissible as a spontaneous utterance. See 1 Stansbury's N.C. Evidence § 164, p. 554 et seq. (Brandis rev. 1973). In determining whether the defendant's motion for a directed verdict was properly allowed, we must consider this evidence...
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