LUKAJ v. STATE

No. 98-2121.

729 So.2d 965 (1999)

Alexander LUKAJ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 5, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and P. Douglas Brinkmeyer, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Laura Fullerton Lopez, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


BARFIELD, C.J.

The trial court abused its discretion by permitting, over defense objection, a store security guard with no personal knowledge of the value of garments stolen from the store to testify as to their value based solely upon price tags affixed to the garments, without a proper foundation having been laid for the admission of such testimony as a "business records" exception to the hearsay rule, section 90.801 et seq., Florida Statutes (1997). Appellant...

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