People v. Brown

*515OPINION OF THE COURT

Hancock, Jr., J.

In his appeal from a conviction for second degree murder, defendant’s chief contention is that the trial court committed reversible error in admitting testimony of several incriminating statements of the victim as excited utterances. Errol O’Neil was shot at approximately 2:00 p.m. on October 2, 1981 following an argument in the basement apartment of a two-family dwelling in Brooklyn where he resided with various relatives including his mother, Joyce Scott, and an uncle, Robert Hinds. We readily agree with the courts below that it was proper to admit the…