Armstrong v. State

CASANUEVA, Chief Judge.

Cederic Lovell Armstrong appeals his conviction and sentence for fraudulent use of a credit card. 1 Because the trial court erred in failing to exclude unauthenticated business records upon timely and proper defense objection, we reverse for a new trial.

The fraudulently used credit card belonged to Dana Lewis. She testified that on the day after Labor Day 2007, she received a telephone call from her bank alerting her to unusual activity in her home equity credit line account. The account could be accessed by use of her credit card and its PIN, 2 which she kept together…