Opinion of the Court by Justice SCHRODER.
This appeal considers the admissibility of hearsay statements of an assault victim who was not available to testify at trial. The Commonwealth sought to introduce the statements under the "excited utterance" hearsay exception. The district court found the statements did not qualify as "excited utterances", and were inadmissible. The circuit court reversed, holding the statements were "excited utterances". Because the statements...
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