S.J. v. State

Appellant, S.J., appeals the trial court’s order adjudicating him guilty of loitering or prowling, burglary of a structure or conveyance, grand theft auto, and petit theft, and placing him on juvenile probation and ordering him to complete fifty hours of community service. We hold that the trial court did not err in denying S.J.’s motion to suppress and affirm.

S.J.’s charges arose from events occurring on March 22, 2009. Around 1:00 a.m. on that date, Sergeant Bruce Hoffman of the City of Atlantis Police Department responded to a call regarding two males— a black male wearing all black and a…