M.R. v. State

M.R. appeals the adjudication of delinquency and final disposition of a loitering and prowling charge under section 856.021, Florida Statutes (2010), following an adjudicatory hearing. Because the State presented sufficient evidence that M.R.’s actions violated the loitering and prowling statute, we affirm.

At the adjudicatory hearing, the State presented testimony from two police officers, Officer Quintero, who first observed M.R., and Detective Mirabal, who arrested M.R. Officer Quintero testified that, on December 8, 2010, while on patrol in his marked K-9 vehicle, he saw M.R. and two other…