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Sullivan v. State

Citations

  • 701 S.W.2d 905
  • 1986 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1161

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  • holding that cross-examining owner’s value opinion is not enough; defense must offer controverting evidence
  • providing that a non-owner must be qualified as to his knowledge of the value of the property to testify about fair market value
  • establishing that a non-owner may testify as to the fair market value of property as long as the non-owner is qualified to speak to the value of the property
  • establishing that a non-owner may testify as to the fair market value of property as long as the non-owner is qualified to speak to the value of the property
  • noting that replacement cost has been used as means to determine fair market value, and owner of property is competent to testify as 7 to value of her own property
  • distinguishing the requirements for admissibility of testimony concerning value from a non- owner of property as opposed to an owner

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Judges: Clinton, McCORMICK, Teague

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