S. W. P. v. State

Respondent juvenile appeals an adjudication of delinquency for unlawfully receiving stolen property.

A petition for delinquency was filed charging the respondent with unlawfully receiving, retaining, disposing of or aiding in the concealment of stolen property, a motorcycle. Section 812.031, Florida Statutes (1975). The petition was later amended to include the charge of larceny of the same motorcycle. Section 812.021, Florida Statutes (1975).

Upon the close of the State’s case, respondent’s counsel moved that the State be required to elect between the two charges. The judge reserved ruling and…