L.C. v. State

ORFINGER, R. B., J.

L.C., a child, appeals the trial court’s order withholding adjudication of delinquency and placing her on probation for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, in violation of section 784.021(l)(a), Florida Statutes (2000). L.C. argues that the State failed to prove the essential elements of the charge. We agree and reverse.

At the adjudicatory hearing, the State’s only witness, D.J., the alleged victim, testified that on August 19, 2000, she was in her apartment watching her younger brother and sister, when, at approximately 10:00 p.m., she heard a loud knock on her…