STATE v. PERNICIARO

No. 64152.

374 So.2d 1244 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Margie H. PERNICIARO, a/k/a Mrs. Peter Perniciaro.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Glass, John Wilson Reed, Glass & Reed, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., John F. Rowley, Dist. Atty., Abbott J. Reeves, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.


DENNIS, Justice.

In this appeal from a conviction of attempted public payroll fraud defendant correctly contends the district court erred in admitting into evidence, under the business records exception, a job description entered on her payroll record. We therefore reverse. The job description was hearsay because it was a statement made out of court offered for the truth of the matter asserted therein. It was inadmissible...

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