State v. Echeverria

Defendant appeals from the judgment entered on his jury trial conviction for First Degree Burglary. The sole question on appeal is whether the trial court erred in receiving into evidence, over defendant’s hearsay objection, a list of stolen property which the deceased burglary victim had prepared for the police. We affirm.

Mrs. Thelma McKean was a victim of a burglary in her home in Moro, Oregon, on November 14,1979. Several officers testified to their personal knowledge that Mrs. McKean’s home had in fact been burglarized. The issue at trial was whether defendant had committed the burglary.

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