United States Third Circuit

An excited utterance may itself be sufficient to establish that a startling event occurred, and the district court has discretion to decide on the necessity of corroborating evidence independent of the declaration to sufficiently establish the occurrence of such an event.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/08/2001
• Decided 06/21/2001
• Published 06/21/2001

Judges

• Before SLOVITER, ROTH and RENDELL Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark W. Catanzaro, (Argued), Moorestown, NJ, Attorney for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert J. Cleary, United States Attorney, George S. Leone, Chief, Appeals Division Office of United States Attorney, Newark, NJ, Norman Gross, (Argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Camden, NJ, Attorneys for Appellee.