The court properly admitted the victim's statements as excited utterances. The evidence established that the witnesses arrived immediately after the attack, and that the victim, described by the witnesses as "screaming," "hysterical," and "gasping for air," was still under the influence of the stress of that incident (see People v Johnson,
Defendant claims that the court failed to respond to a jury note...
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