Legal Opinion
D.A. v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 11, 1985No. 83-1646PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUBBART, Judge.
The respondent juvenile D.A. appeals an adjudication of delinquency for the offense of loitering and prowling [§ 856.021, Fla. Stat. (1983)], entered below after a non-jury trial. He contends on appeal that the essential elements of the offense were not established below and that the court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal at trial. We agree and reverse.
I
The facts of this ease are as follows. On April 29, 1983, Officer David Bosworth of the Miami Police Department was on duty in a patrol car in the Overtown area of Miami. At 3:15 p.m., he received a call…
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3Cited by63 opinions
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