J.G. v. State

J.G. appeals the adjudication of delinquency for burglary of a structure, grand theft, and criminal mischief. We hold that the erroneous admission of the officer’s hearsay testimony which presented “the inescapable inference ... that a non-testifying witness [had] furnished the police with evidence of the defendant’s guilt....” Molina v. State, 406 So.2d 57 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981) (quoting Postell v. State, 398 So.2d 851, 854 (Fla. 3d DCA), review denied, 411 So.2d 384 (Fla.1981)), constituted harmless error under the circumstances of this case. Hill v. State, 459 So.2d 434 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984).…