Court Opinion

ID: 9854392
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:06:59.853125+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:23:03.655520
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Carley, Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I concur in Divisions 1 and 2 of the majority opinion. However, I must agree with the dissent to the extent that it opines that the copy of the bill showing the cost of repairing the signal post, relied upon by the trial court in fixing the amount of restitution, was inadmissible. In addition to the decisions relied upon in the dissent, in the whole court case of City of Saint Marys v. Stottler Stagg &c., 163 Ga. App. 45, 47-48 (292 SE2d 868) (1982), the majority of this Court made it clear *667that “[u]nless there is foundation testimony as required by the statute that the actual [document itself was] made in the regular course of business, it cannot be said that the evidence which is being offered is in fact a business record coming within the ambit of [OCGA § 24-3-14]. [Cits.]” (Emphasis supplied.) Accordingly, I believe that the case must be remanded for resentencing.