In the Interest of D. J.

Phipps, Judge.

D. J. was found delinquent in the Juvenile Court of Spalding County for committing theft by receiving stolen property. D. J. argues that the evidence was insufficient to establish that he exercised control over the property. We agree and reverse.

Bonnie Shockley testified that a man, later identified as Mickey Miller, came to her workplace in Griffin and took her van to wash and “detail.” When Miller failed to return the van, Shockley called the police. The next morning, several police officers stopped the van on a street in Griffin. S. A., who was D. J.’s juvenile co-defendant,…