R.A.S. v. State

MILLS, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment adjudicating R.A.S. to be delinquent, and placing the child in a community control program. We affirm.

The judgment followed a bench trial at which R.A.S. and the State each presented, through the testimony of various witnesses, completely conflicting versions of the events leading up to the theft and of the theft itself. R.A.S.’ version tended to be exonerating, while the State’s version tended to show the child’s culpability. At the conclusion of the proceeding, the court found the testimony of the State’s witnesses to be more believable than that…