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The statements a domestic violence victim made in a 911 call and to police on the scene are admissible as excited utterances under the federal rules of evidence and as non-testimonial statements under Crawford, the en banc 6th Circuit has ruled.
The victim called 911, saying her mother's boyfriend pulled a gun on her. When the police arrived, she again exclaimed that the defendant had pulled a gun and was trying to kill her. Soon after the officers came on the scene,...