Holz v. State

in which KELLER, P.J., and PRICE, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB, and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

We granted discretionary review in this case to determine whether a non-expert property owner’s testimony about the cost of repairing or restoring his damaged property can ever be sufficient without further evidence to prove the pecuniary-loss element of a criminal mischief offense. We hold that such evidence can be sufficient. We therefore reverse the judgment of the Sixth Court of Appeals and remand the case to that Court to consider the sufficiency of the owner’s testimony in this case.

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