CULP v. STATE

No. 13, 2000.

766 A.2d 486 (2001)

Catherine W. CULP, Defendant Below, Appellant, v. STATE of Delaware, Plaintiff Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: February 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul S. Swierzbinski, Esquire, Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Dover, Delaware, for Appellant.

John Williams, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Dover, Delaware, for Appellee.

Before WALSH, HOLLAND, and STEELE, Justices.


WALSH, Justice:

In this appeal from the Superior Court, we examine whether the trial court erred in refusing to permit the introduction into evidence of certain statements made by the defendant that were recorded on a 911 tape. We conclude that the proffered testimony satisfies the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule under Delaware Rule of Evidence 803(2). Because the disputed evidence was supportive of the defendant...

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