MATTHEW GABRAMADHIN v. UNITED STATES
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
McLEESE, Associate Judge:
Appellant Matthew' Gabramadhin challenges his convictions for kidnapping and assault with intent to commit first-degree sexual abuse. Mr. Gabramadhin argues that the trial court committed reversible error by admitting into evidence'^ recorded emergency phone call under the excited-utterance exception to the rule against hearsay; We agree and therefore vacate Mr. Gabramadhin’s convictions.
I
The evidence at -trial was as follows. The complainant, M.H., was a student at Georgetown University., She left a party sometime between midnight and 2:00 a.m. on April 8, 2013. M.H.…
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