Child v. State

The defendant appeals from an adjudication of delinquency based on a charge of trespass after warning. He argues that the trial court erred in excluding a defense witness and denying a motion for continu-*502anee. We agree that the trial court abused its discretion in excluding the defense witness and reverse and remand for a new trial.

On September 20, 2002, the State filed a petition for delinquency that charged the defendant with trespass of an occupied structure after warning, giving a false name, and resisting an officer without violence. The case stemmed from a warning given to the defendant…