H.A. v. State

H.A., a juvenile, appeals a petit theft conviction and sentence of six months probation based on the admission of photographs downloaded from a surveillance video from the night of the theft. Because we conclude that the photographs were properly admitted as duplicates pursuant to sections 90.953 and 90.954, Florida Statutes (2008), we affirm.

H.A. was charged with stealing cases of beer from a CVS store. A store employee testified that he saw H.A. and another individual take some Heineken and Corona beer before running out the door to a blue Nissan. The employee wrote down the license plate…