OPINION1
HARDESTY, J.
In this appeal, we consider whether an out-of-court statement made by a rape victim a day after the startling event falls within the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule. Even though the statement was made a day after the rape, we conclude that the mental and physical condition of the victim, coupled with the fact that she remained under the stress of excitement caused by the rape, brings...
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