Lefevers v. Dierks Lumber & Coal, Co.

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• holding that the victim's testimony as to an estimate she was given for the cost to repair a damaged van was inadmissible hearsay, which was insufficient to prove the value required to support a conviction for criminal damage to property in the second degree
• holding that the victim’s testimony as to an estimate she was given for the cost to repair a damaged van was inadmissible hearsay, which was insufficient to prove the value required to support a conviction for criminal damage to property in the second degree
• “ordinary hearsay testimony is not only inadmissible but wholly without probative value”
• a lay witness may give his opinion as to the value of the damage as long as he states the facts on which he bases his opinion or otherwise demonstrates that he had the opportunity to form a correct opinion
• a lay witness may give his opinion as to the value of the damage as long as he states the facts on which he bases his opinion or otherwise demonstrates that he had the opportunity to form a correct opinion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).