State v. Tep
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed from a judgment of conviction on two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of discharging a firearm while committing a crime of violence. Defendant argued on appeal that the trial justice erred when he (1) admitted into evidence a prejudicial hearsay statement as an excited utterance; and (2) admitted a statement as lay-witness opinion testimony. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the superior court, holding that the trial justice did not abuse his discretion when he (1) admitted into evidence the hearsay statement as an excited utterance; and (2) allowed a lay witness to testify as to what he perceived at the time of the alleged shooting.
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