Opinion ID: 1160484
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Diana's statement to Nurse Klotz

Text: Unlike the statements made to Officer Kuaana and Drs. Brunel and Mitchell, Diana's statements to Nurse Klotz present a close question. Nurse Klotz testified that (1) she had treated Diana approximately three hours after the stabbing, (2) Diana was crying, and (3) Diana had informed her that her husband had stabbed her in the chest. However, Nurse Klotz further testified that Diana appeared alert and oriented. We need not decide, however, whether Diana's statements to Nurse Klotz qualify as excited utterances because, even if we were to assume that the stress of excitement caused by the stabbing had dissipated by the time Diana spoke with Nurse Klotz, any error in the admission of Nurse Klotz's testimony was harmless. Because we hold that Diana's statements to Officer Kuaana, Dr. Brunel, and Dr. Mitchell were properly presented to the jury, Nurse Klotz's testimony was merely cumulative.