State v. Hernendez

WYNN, Judge.

The proper foundation for the admission of opinion testimony as to a witness’s character for truthfulness or untruthfulness is personal knowledge. 1 Here, Defendant argues that the trial court erred by refusing to allow the opinion testimony of three defense witnesses. Because Defendant established that the witnesses hád personal knowledge of the complaining witness, the trial court prejudicially erred by excluding their opinions regarding the complaining witness’s character for truthfulness or untruthfulness.

On 18 January 2006, Defendant Alvaro De Jesus Valdez Hemendez 2 was…