Opinion ID: 1675525
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Heading: was error committed in the introduction of a computer print-out of a shipment of goods?

Text: Wayne Hopper was shipping manager of the J.I. Case Company's Memphis branch office. He testified Franz Tractor Company of Bradenton, Florida, was one of their dealers. He was handed a box containing a carburetor, numbered A39568, and testified it was a part of a shipment being returned by the Franz Tractor Company. This shipment was on the American Freight Lines truck hijacked and robbed July 12, 1979, and was not received by J.I. Case Company. Following admission of the above testimony without objection, Hopper was handed a computer print-out of a list of parts being returned by Franz Tractor Company to J.I. Case Company at its Memphis address, on which was listed a carburetor of the same number as the carburetor offered into evidence. The carburetor above noted had been found in Hill's apartment. Hopper testified the computer print-out listed the carburetor and the computer print-out was admitted into evidence with objection. Following cross-examination counsel objected to the admission of the computer print-out, and cited King v. State ex rel. Murdock Acceptance Corp., 222 So.2d 393 (Miss. 1969). The trial judge overruled the objection. The trial judge committed no error in overruling the objection, even if it had been timely made. Although Hopper had nothing to do with its preparation, the computer print-out was part of business records with which Hopper came in daily contact and was familiar with, and upon which he and his company relied. His testimony was sufficient for a prima facie showing of accuracy, and there being no contradictory proof offered, it was competent evidence. The weight and credibility of this evidence was for the jury. Id.