RIVERA v. STATE

No. 96-4274.

718 So.2d 856 (1998)

Humberto RIVERA, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Christine Sciarrino and Peggy Natale, Assistant Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Doquyen T. Nguyen, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


WARNER, Judge.

Claiming that the trial court erred in admitting the victim's statements to police officers, which were inconsistent with her trial testimony, the appellant seeks reversal of his conviction and sentence for battery, escape, and resisting arrest without violence. We affirm because the statements met the conditions for admission as excited utterances. We also affirm as to appellant's other claims of error.

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