L.S. v. STATE

No. 83-1124.

449 So.2d 1305 (1984)

L.S., a Juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

May 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robin H. Greene, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and G. Bart Billbrough, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before BASKIN, DANIEL S. PEARSON and JORGENSON, JJ.


BASKIN, Judge.

We find the evidence insufficient to support the trial court's adjudication of delinquency based upon loitering and prowling. The record discloses that fourteen year old L.S. and his two companions were arrested after police officers observed them crouching in the bushes near an expressway exit, an area known as the site of numerous robberies and purse snatchings. The state, however, has failed to show how crouching in the bushes near an expressway...

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