K.W. v. State

K.W. appeals from an order withholding adjudication of delinquency and placing him on probation after the trial court *91found that K.W. committed battery1 and first degree petit theft. Because the State failed to establish that the market value of the stolen property exceeded $100, we reverse and remand with instructions to reduce the offense level from first degree petit theft to second degree petit theft.

The two victims in this case, Erik Johan-nessen (“Johannessen”) and his girlfriend (“the girlfriend”), were spending a day on Miami Beach during their vacation. The couple left their beach…