F.M. v. State

BLUE, Judge.

F.M. appeals from an adjudication of delinquency for accessory after the fact. Section 777.03, Fla.Stat. (1991). This case must be reversed because the state failed to establish a prima facie case.

A witness observed F.M.’s codefendant near a parked car. The codefendant then entered F.M.’s car and they drove away. Seconds later, the interior of the parked car began to burn. The codefendant was charged with arson of the car, and F.M. with accessory after the fact.

To support a conviction for the crime of accessory after the fact, the state had to prove that F.M. maintained, assisted…