Braxton v. Commonwealth

ELDER, Judge.

Kenneth Lamont Braxton (“appellant”) appeals his convictions of first degree murder and petit larceny. He contends the trial court erred when it (1) admitted as an “excited utterance” the hearsay statement of the victim’s three-year-old son (“child”) and (2) ruled that the child’s statement and evidence regarding his condition following the discovery of the victim’s body were relevant. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

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FACTS

In early 1995, Lorann Cox (“victim”) was working as an undercover drug informant for the Manassas City Police Department. On February 3, 1995, she…