People v. Brooks
Cases that cite this one
45 later published cases cite this decision. The 25 that cite it most often are listed here.
- People v. Norton (N.Y. 1991)
- People v. Rhynes (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2025)
- Mobley v. Kirkpatrick (District Court, W.D. New York 2011)
- People v. Jaber (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2019)
- People v. Cotto (N.Y. 1998)
- People v. Evans (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1992)
- People v. Faucett (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1992)
- People v. Smith (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1991)
- People v. Norton (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1990)
- People v. Treat (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1990)
- People v. Johnson (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1988)
- People v. Shuler (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2024)
- People v. Jimenez-Gomez (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2021)
- People v. Jimenez-Gomez (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2021)
- Fludd v. City of New York (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2021)
- People v. Martinez (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2018)
- People v. Martinez (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2018)
- People v. McCray (Harold) (Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York 2016)
- People v. McCray (Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York 2016)
- People v. Hasan (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2005)
- People v. Greaves (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2003)
- People v. Bierenbaum (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2002)
- People v. Johnson (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2000)
- People v. O'Connor (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1997)
- People v. Davis (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1997)
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Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.
We do not find error in the admission into evidence of declarant’s responses as excited utterances. The record clearly demonstrates that the statements were made before there was " 'time to contrive and misrepresent, i.e., while the nervous excitement may be supposed still to dominate and the reflective powers to be yet in abeyance’ ” (People v Brown, 70 NY2d 513, 518, quoting People v Marks, 6 NY2d 67, 72). Declarant was critically wounded by the shotgun blast, physically and emotionally traumatized by the shooting and experiencing extreme pain. Although declarant faded in and out of consciousness, he was lucid at the time he made the statements.
Brown involved a 30-minute interval between the shooting and the declaration. Here, we are presented with a 2-to-2 Id-hour lapse of time. Nevertheless, given the other operative factors, declarant’s statements were admissible as excited utterances. We refuse to adopt a rule that fixes an "arbitrary limitation on the permissible period between the event and the excited utterance” (People v Brown, supra, at 520). Although, the statements at issue were induced by questions
Given the violent nature of the altercation and all the other circumstances surrounding the declarations, we cannot say that the trial court erred in admitting the statements as excited utterances.
Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Kaye, Alexander, Titone, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa concur.
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.4), order affirmed in a memorandum.
Case-law data current through December 31, 2025. Source: CourtListener bulk data.