State v. Robinson

[¶ 1] Richard Robinson appeals the judgment of conviction of assault, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 207 (1983 & Supp.2000), entered upon a jury verdict in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Fritzsche, J.). Robinson contends that (1) the court erred in admitting the out-of-court statements of Crystal Murano, the victim of Robinson’s assault, pursuant to the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule, M.R. Evid. 803(2); (2) the admission of Murano’s statements violated his constitutional right to confront his accuser; and (3) there was insufficient evidence for the jury to find beyond a reasonable…