Lassonde v. State

During the trial of appellant for third-degree grand theft, the court permitted a part-time store clerk to testify regarding how a store receipt showing the value of the goods stolen was generated. The defendant objected based upon the clerk’s lack of personal knowledge, but the trial court admitted the receipt as a business record. Because the clerk was not qualified to testify concerning the receipt, the court erred in admitting the receipt as a business record. We reverse.

Lassonde was arrested and later charged for stealing $384.82 worth of merchandise from a Publix Supermarket, in…