T.N. v. State

SHARP, W., J.

T.N., a child, appeals from an order which adjudicated him delinquent for having committed the offense of attempted robbery with a weapon, and which placed him at a restrictiveness level six, contrary to the recommendation of the Department of Juvenile Justice. We affirm the adjudication of delinquency, but reverse the sentence and remand for resentencing.

The only evidence presented at the adjudicatory hearing to prove that T.N. possessed a weapon, while attempting to rob the victim of a necklace or chain, was the testimony of the victim. The victim said that while he was leaving…