State v. Hafford

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendant was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court (Aroostook County) of robbery, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 651(1)(B), and armed robbery, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 651(1)(E). On appeal, he asserts that a statement made by the victim shortly after the robbery, identifying him as one of the perpetrators, was erroneously admitted in evidence. Since evidence of that statement was admissible under the “excited utterance” exception to the hearsay rule, M.R.Evid. 803(2), we deny the appeal.

From the evidence at trial, the jury could have found the following: At about 2 a. m. on February 2,…