PEOPLE v. BROWN


224 A.D.2d 184 (1996)

637 N.Y.S.2d 127

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Melvin Brown, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

February 1, 1996


The Trial Justice properly allowed the complainant to testify about the statement made by an unidentified motorist under the present sense impression exception to the hearsay rule. "`[S]pontaneous descriptions of events made substantially contemporaneously with the observations are admissible if the descriptions are sufficiently corroborated by other evidence * * * [S]uch statements may be admitted even though the...

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