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State of Iowa
v.
Safet Velic
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Safet Velic
Attorney for the Appellee
Thomas E. Bakke, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Stuart G. Hoover
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
18-1809
Date Published:
Jun 03, 2020
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Black Hawk County, Bradley J. Harris, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Bower, C.J., and Doyle and Schumacher, JJ. Opinion by Bower, C.J. (5 pages)
Safet Velic appeals his convictions for burglary and domestic abuse assault causing bodily injury. Velic contends the district court should have excluded some testimony from the trial as hearsay. OPINION HOLDS: We find the testimony was properly admitted under the excited-utterance exception to the rule against hearsay and affirm.
