P.P.M. v. State

HOBSON, Acting Chief Judge.

P.P.M., a juvenile, appeals an order of the lower court adjudicating him delinquent. We reverse and remand.

Appellant was charged by petition with first degree arson pursuant to section 806.-01(l)(a), Florida Statutes (1981).1 At trial, *446testimony revealed that on March 23, 1983, a fire broke out at 1423 Lakeside Drive, a home owned by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Li-gertwood. Mrs. Ligertwood testified that the home had been struck by lightning more than four years before, and, although the kitchen had been badly burned by the lightning, the rest of the house remained intact.…