D.L. v. State

D.L., a juvenile, appeals an adjudication of delinquency predicated on grand theft. § 812.014(2)(c)(l), Fla.Stat. (Supp.1986). D.L. contends that the evidence supports, at most, an adjudication of delinquency for petit theft, rather than grand theft. We agree and reverse. The state did not present evidence that the market value of the stolen property at the time of the theft was at least $300; it presented evidence only as to the retail cost of the stolen property one year prior to the theft. See Negron v. State, 306 So.2d 104 (Fla.1974), receded from on other grounds, Butterworth v.…