Chacon v. State

In Chacon v. State, 102 So. 2d 578 (Fla. 1957), our supreme court held that a police officer who had conducted a raid on a gambling establishment was permitted to testify as to the statements made by individuals who phoned in during the raid to place bets. The court explained that the callers' statements were simply not hearsay as they were not offered for the truth of "any particular fact that may have been stated," but rather were evidence of a "'verbal fact' going to prove the nature of the illegal business being conducted in the establishment." Id. at 591.