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A statement falls within the hearsay exception created by Federal Rule of Evidence 803(2) or a comparable State rule for excited utterances, only if the declarant (the maker of the statement) was under the stress of the startling event or condition when he or she made the statement that relates to that startling event or condition.

Contributed in 2009 by Joannes Vinarao-Pilapil

Last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers

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