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M.P.W. v. STATE

No. 96-01198.

702 So.2d 591 (1997)

M.P.W., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Tosha Cohen, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Tonja R. Vickers, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

M.P.W. appeals from an adjudication of delinquency on the charge of grand theft. He contends the trial court erred in failing to grant his motion for judgment of acquittal. We agree and reverse because the State failed to present sufficient evidence to overcome M.P.W.'s reasonable hypothesis of innocence.

The State must prove each element of a crime charged beyond a reasonable doubt. See Owen v. State...

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