Legal Opinion

B. L. W. v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 3, 1981No. 79-1582PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Per curiam

Based on the state’s confession of error filed in this cause, as well as our own independent review of the record herein, the adjudication of delinquency under review is reversed and the cause is remanded to the trial court with directions to discharge the appellant from the cause.

The state concedes, and we agree, that the appellant’s mere presence as a passenger in the stolen motor vehicle in this case, without more, represents insufficient evidence upon which to convict him of motor vehicle theft under Section 812.014(1), (2)(b)4, Fla.Stat. (1979), especially where the appellant (a) told…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1956
  2. Mayo v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1954
  3. Lockett v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1972
  4. Douglas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1968
  5. McWatters v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1979

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. E.L.S. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
  2. A.T. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  3. A.E. v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
  4. AE v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
  5. BLW v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1981

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