WARNER, C.J.
We reverse the order adjudicating appellant a delinquent for possession of marijuana, finding that the trial court erred in admitting a hearsay statement. The officer who arrested appellant testified that another suspect told him that the cannabis the officer found on the ground belonged to appellant. While the court admitted this testimony on the grounds that it was a statement against penal interest, it clearly was not so. Section 90.804(2)(c), Florida...
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