Opinion ID: 757422
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Declarations Related To A Startling Event

Text: 17 The final requirement for admission under Rule 803(2) is that the out-of-court statement must relat[e] to a startling event. Fed.R.Evid. 803(2). The statements of Ms. Culpepper and her children easily clear this hurdle, as all of those statements related to the confrontation between Mr. Akins and Ms. Culpepper. See Aplt's Brief at 7-8. 18 Mr. Akins also offers a last, novel argument: that the district court should have excluded the testimony of Ms. Purenell and the two police officers because at trial these witnesses did not directly quote Ms. Culpepper and her children but, rather, only paraphrased their statements. However, Rule 803(2) does not require witnesses to have photographic memories. Thus, we will not exclude the testimony of Ms. Purenell and the police two officers merely because these witnesses did not quote Ms. Culpepper and her children verbatim.