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Barnes v. State

Citations

  • 521 S.E.2d 425
  • 239 Ga. App. 495
  • 99 Fulton County D. Rep. 3128
  • 1999 Ga. App. LEXIS 1043

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that determining market value is a matter of opinion and ruling that market value may rest wholly or in part upon hearsay
  • recognizing the trial court’s reduction of restitution awards to $500 or less in a criminal trespass case based on the provisions of OCGA § 16-7-21 (a)
  • holding that there was sufficient evidence as to the fair market value of a damaged dresser when the victim did not rely solely on written repair estimates, but also testified as to the pre-damage fair market value of the property as well as photographs of the damaged property
  • holding that there was sufficient evidence as to the fair market value of a damaged dresser when the victim did not rely solely on written repair estimates, but also testified as to the pre-damage fair market value of the property as well as photographs of the damaged property
  • “The owner of property is considered to be qualified to state his opinion as to value.”
  • it is “not objectionable that [the owner’s] opinion as to value might, in some cases, be based on hearsay”

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Judges: Eldridge, Blackburn, Barnes

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