C.G. v. State

We reverse the juvenile disposition order adjudicating the appellant guilty of evasion of transit fare under section 812.015(l)(j), Florida Statutes, because the state failed to present any evidence of the essential element of intent.

The state charged the child with evasion of transit fare after she boarded and rode a Tallahassee city bus, using a nontransferable Florida A & M University bus pass that a coworker had given her. The statute provides that evasion of transit fare is a form of petit theft, requiring refusal to pay transit fare. See § 812.015(1)0), Florida Statutes (2006). At…