D.L.D. v. State

SHARP, W., J.

D.L.D., Jr. appeals from his adjudication of delinquency based on a finding by the trial court that he committed aggravated stalking with a credible threat.1 He argues the trial court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of the state’s evidence because the state failed to establish a prima facie basis from which the trier of fact could find the *747essential elements of the crime were proven.

In evaluating a motion for judgment of acquittal, all facts and reasonable inferences arising from them must’ be drawn in favor of the state.2 On appeal, an…