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I am currently being sued for property damage to a laptop and I am looking to use a letter as a defense in addition to a witness at the trial.
The plantiff claims I broke into her computer and installed viruses on it. We were currently deployed on a military installation, and the matter was brought to our leadership. My Master Sergeant brought it to a computer technician to look at, and the tech found nothing wrong with it. The plantiff claims that the computer technician did find something wrong with it.
I have a memoradum of record from this MSgt about the incident which includes that he was told nothing was wrong with this laptop. This MSgt is currently in another state and cannot make it to trial to testify about what he was told. Would this letter be admisable in court? Would it help if the letter was noterized or anything?
If not, then does her claim that another person found something wrong with her computer also fall under this hearsay rule? This is her only "evidence", and my witness and this letter contrict this claim. Can I also say that her claim about the tech's findings is hearsay and therefore not admisable?
Thank you, and let me know if further details are required.
I am currently being sued for property damage to a laptop and I am looking to use a letter as a defense in addition to a witness at the trial.
The plantiff claims I broke into her computer and installed viruses on it. We were currently deployed on a military installation, and the matter was brought to our leadership. My Master Sergeant brought it to a computer technician to look at, and the tech found nothing wrong with it. The plantiff claims that the computer technician did find something wrong with it.
I have a memoradum of record from this MSgt about the incident which includes that he was told nothing was wrong with this laptop. This MSgt is currently in another state and cannot make it to trial to testify about what he was told. Would this letter be admisable in court? Would it help if the letter was noterized or anything?
If not, then does her claim that another person found something wrong with her computer also fall under this hearsay rule? This is her only "evidence", and my witness and this letter contrict this claim. Can I also say that her claim about the tech's findings is hearsay and therefore not admisable?
Thank you, and let me know if further details are required.