People v. Gantt
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
At issue on this appeal of a murder conviction is a challenge to the admission, after an in limine ruling denying defendant’s motion to preclude, of statements made by the victim separately to three witnesses identifying defendant as the murderer. The statements were admitted as excited utterances. Defendant also argues that the admission of the statements violated his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation under Crawford v Washington (541 US 36 [2004]).
The trial evidence reveals the following. In late July 1994, the victim, Richard Moore, was selling drugs out…
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