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142718P.pdf   06/30/2015  United States  v.  William Clifford
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  14-2718
   U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota - Rapid City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Bright, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. The victim's three-year-old son's statement 
   made immediately after defendant's assault on the victim was properly 
   admitted under the hearsay exception for an excited utterance; the child 
   was under great stress from witnessing the assault on his mother and his 
   answer to a bystander's question was directly related to the assault that 
   had startled him.