Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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as soon as she returned home. D.J. was crying and upset when Johnson arrived home, which suggests that he was not capable of thoughtful reflection and deliberation. D.J. also had fresh blood on his lower lip that visibly showed that D.J. was in distress from the physical altercation. When D.J. told his mother that Jones had hit him in the mouth with her fist, he was still under the stress of the excitement caused by the startling event. Because D.J. was still under the stress of the event, it is reasonable to infer that he was unlikely to make deliberate falsifications to his mother. As such, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting D.J.'s statements to his mother under the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule. See e.g., Robinson, 730 N.E.2d 185, 193 . IL. Lastly, Jones argues that the trial court
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding that a trial courts hearsay ruling will be affirmed on any legal basis apparent in the record
B. holding that appellate courts may uphold a trial courts ruling on any legal theory or basis applicable to the case but may not reverse a trial courts ruling on any theory or basis that might have been applicable to the case but was not raised
C. holding that a trial courts ruling on a motion for new trial will be upheld if it is correct on any applicable legal theory even if the court articulated an invalid basis
D. holding that judgment may be affirmed on any ground supported by the record
E. holding that judgment may be affirmed on any ground supported by record
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.