B.B. v. State

WELLS, Chief Judge.

B.B. appeals from a determination of delinquency on one count of battery. See § 784.03, Fla. Stat. (2010). For the following reasons, we reverse.

The victim of this crime, Sharon Austin, is the mother of the defendant, seventeen year old B.B., and nineteen-month old T.Y. The day of the incident, Austin and B.B. argued, prompting B.B. to leave home and not return until 11:30 p.m. While B.B. was gone, Austin attempted to enter B.B.’s bedroom to check on some pets only to discover that the door was locked. When Austin tried to unlock the door with a paperclip, the paperclip…