Z.M.B. v. State

Z.M.B., a child, was found guilty of robbery; 1 the trial court withheld adjudication of delinquency and placed Z.M.B. on probation. On appeal, he argues the trial court should have granted his motion for judgment of dismissal because the State failed to present evidence from which a reasonable person could find that the use of force against the victim was motivated by the taking of the victim’s bicycle. In C.B.B. v. State, 135 So.3d 1139 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014), which is the appeal brought by one of Z.M.B.’s co-defendants arising from the same prosecution, we held the State did not adduce…