Legal Opinion
State v. Silver
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 15, 2011No. AC 30829PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
Pursuant to the spontaneous utterance exception to the hearsay rule, as codified in Connecticut Code of Evidence § 8-3 (2), a declarant’s statement “relating to a startling event or condition made while the declarant was under the stress of excitement caused by the event or condition” is admissible into evidence. See State v. Kelly, 256 Conn. 23, 41-42, 770 A.2d 908 (2001). The principal issue in this appeal is whether two declarants’ calls to 911 emergency services were admissible under this doctrine without extrinsic evidence that the declarants had been speaking under the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Davis v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- State v. KellySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
- State v. KirbySupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- State v. SlaterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. PughConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
- State v. St. LouisConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
- State v. SwillingConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018
- State v. BurnsConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
- Silver v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2018
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