J.A.S. v. State

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

J.A.S. was adjudicated delinquent based on the circuit court’s finding that he committed a battery. He complains that the State’s attempt to prove the corpus delicti of the charge consisted solely of inadmissible evidence that was considered by the court over his objection. He maintains that without this evidence he was entitled to a dismissal. We agree and reverse.

The delinquency petition alleged that J.A.S. battered his father at their home. At the delinquency hearing, a Charlotte County sheriffs deputy testified that he was dispatched to the residence in response to a 911…