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ANONYMOUS 911 CALL WAS NOT ADMISSIBLE AS AN EXCITED UTTERANCE OR AS A PRESENT SENSE IMPRESSION; CONVICTION REVERSED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing defendant’s conviction, determined the recording of the 911 call was not admissible as an excited utterance or as a present sense impression:

… [T]he People did not present sufficient facts from which it could be inferred that the anonymous caller personally observed the incident … . The anonymous caller merely stated to the 911 operator that “[s]omebody just got shot on East 19th and Albemarle” and that it “was a guy with crutches. He started to shoot.” Nothing in these brief, conclusory statements, which were made at least five minutes after the shooting occurred, suggested that the caller was reporting something that he saw, as opposed to something he was told … . Moreover, although there was testimony that the call was made from a payphone located in the vicinity of the shooting, the People did not demonstrate that the payphone was situated outdoors or in a place where the actual site of the shooting would be visible. Accordingly, the statement did not qualify as an “excited utterance” … .

For similar reasons, the declarations of the 911 caller were not admissible under the “present sense impression” exception to the hearsay rule. ” Present sense impression’ declarations . . . are descriptions of events made by a person who is perceiving the event as it is unfolding” … . Here, as just explained, the People failed to demonstrate that the anonymous caller was describing events that he actually perceived. People v Thelismond, 2020 NY Slip Op 01368, Second Dept 2-26-20

 

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