State v. G.C.

McDonald, justice.

We review G.C. v. State, 560 So.2d 1186 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990), based on express and direct conflict with D.N. v. State, 529 So.2d 1217 (Fla. 1st DCA), review dismissed, 537 So.2d 568 (Fla.1988). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const. We approve G.C.

G.C., a fourteen-year-old juvenile, accepted a ride from a friend driving a stolen car. Shortly thereafter, the police arrested both G.C. and the driver. In a post-arrest statement G.C. indicated that, upon entering the car, he suspected that it had been stolen *1381because of the broken steering column. The record reveals…