Emergency 000 calls made during an ongoing high-speed pursuit are admissible as part of the res gestae, even where the phone connection drops out and results in multiple calls, provided the pursuit is continuing at the time of the calls. A trial judge is not required to give a Browne v Dunn direction where defence counsel specifically requested no direction be given. The firing of five shots from a handgun at a vehicle during a high-speed pursuit is capable of founding an inference of intent to kill.
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