R.S. v. State

PATTERSON, Judge.

The appellant challenges the order which finds him to be a delinquent child. He argues that the evidence was insufficient to support the trial court’s finding that he committed grand theft. We agree and reverse.

The state filed a petition charging the appellant with third-degree grand theft on July 27 and 28, 1992. At trial, Hanloda O’Dell testified that in November 1992 she noticed a few objects missing from her jewelry box. She remembered last seeing them in June of that year. The three pieces of jewelry, a man’s ring with a stone in it, a gold necklace, and a charm, were…