People v. Connolly 

Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Hearsay
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 3-08-1027
Decision Date: 
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
District: 
3d Dist.
Division/County: 
Will Co.
Holding: 
Affirmed.
Justice: 
CARTER
Statement made to police officer by wife within a few minutes after husband had left with their 19-month-old child was admissible under excited utterance exception to hearsay, and were nontestimonial because officer was addressing an ongoing emergency. Wife was still at the scene in a nervous, upset, and agitated condition, directly related to the event, and her child was absent. (LYTTON, concurring; WRIGHT, dissenting.)