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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MESHACH VALLADI, Defendant-Appellant.

The court properly admitted the victim's 911 tape under the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule. The evidence, including the tape itself, establishes that the victim made the call immediately after the termination of a particularly heinous home-invasion robbery involving imminent danger to a young child, and that at the time of the call the victim was still under stress and excitement resulting from this incident and was not yet capable of studied reflection ( see People v. Johnson, N.Y.3d [Dec 22, 2003], 2003 WL 22989706, 2003 N.Y. LEXIS 4124). Furthermore, the fact that the victim testified and was cross-examined at trial provided an added assurance of reliability ( see People v. Buie, 86 N.Y.2d 501, 512).

We perceive no basis for reducing the sentence.

THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.

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PEOPLE v. VALLADI
(Feb 19, 2004)