BRICKLEY, J.
This unusual case presents the question whether extrajudicial statements sought to be admitted into evidence as excited utterances under MRE 803(2), standing alone, may establish the foundation for their own admissibility. Specifically, we are asked to decide whether such statements may be admitted when there is no independent evidence, direct or circumstantial, of the underlying startling event to which the statements relate. We answer this question...
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