M.F. v. State

M.F. appeals from a finding of guilt and an order withholding adjudication and imposing a term of community control following the trial court’s denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal. For the following reasons, we reverse.

M.F. was charged with grand theft and burglary of a conveyance. At the adjudicatory hearing, the state presented evidence that a City of Miami police officer, responding to a report that a car was being stripped, had found a partially stripped Cadillac in an area “where they normally strip cars” and had seen M.F. and another male quickly leave the area. M.F. was…