K.C. v. State

We have for review K.C. v. State, 507 So.2d 769 (Fla. 3d DCA 1987), which is in express and direct conflict with decisions of other district courts. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(3), Fla. Const.

The state charged K.C., a juvenile, with one count of petit theft for taking candy from a grocery store, in violation of section 812.014(2)(c), Florida Statutes (1983), and *659two counts of resisting a store employee’s efforts to recover the merchandise, in violation of section 812.015(6), Florida Statutes (1983), which provides

[a]n individual who resists the reasonable effort of a law enforcement…