J.L.J. v. STATE

No. 78-1260.

367 So.2d 699 (1979)

J.L.J., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

February 14, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack O. Johnson, Public Defender, Bartow, and Karal B. Rushing, Asst. Public Defender, Tampa, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and C. Marie King, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


GRIMES, Chief Judge.

J.L.J. appeals an order of the juvenile court adjudicating him delinquent based upon the offense of petit theft. He contends that the evidence introduced against him was insufficient to support a finding that he was guilty of the offense. We agree and reverse.

Appellant is a junior high student in Hillsborough County. On the day the theft occurred, his first period teacher asked him and two other students to help replace some window blinds...

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