J. L. J. v. State

GRIMES, Chief Judge.

J. L. J. appeals an order of the juvenile court adjudicating him delinquent based upon the offense of petit theft. He contends that the evidence introduced against him was insufficient to support a finding that he was guilty of the offense. We agree and reverse.

Appellant is a junior high student in Hillsborough County. On the day the theft occurred, his first period teacher asked him and two other students to help replace some window blinds. As the old blinds were taken down they were stored on shelves behind the teacher’s desk. The class members were always boisterous and…