Is "unavailability" of a hearsay declarant a requirement of the "present sense impression" or "excited utterance" exception to the hearsay rule?
The People have requested that the court admit into evidence two 911 tapes as either "present sense impressions" or "excited utterances" (also called spontaneous declarations).
In deciding this motion the court conducted a hearing...
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