Defendant's right of confrontation was not violated when the court admitted, as an excited utterance, a nontestifying declarant's 911 call made shortly after defendant stabbed the victim. The statements made by the caller were not testimonial because, based on an "objective analysis of the circumstances" (Michigan v Bryant, 562 U.S. 344, 360 [2011]), we conclude that "the primary purpose of [the] interrogation [by the 911 operator was] to respond to an ongoing emergency...
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