The court providently exercised its discretion in admitting the victim's 911 call as an excited utterance. The call was made 20 to 30 minutes after the victim had been raped and assaulted at defendant's apartment, while she was crying, and after she had unsuccessfully tried to find a police station to report the incident. The call and surrounding circumstances establish that the victim made her statements while she was under the stress of excitement and lacked the reflective...
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