State v. T.T.

Appellant, State of Florida, challenges a final order dismissing a delinquency petition charging appellee with felony petit theft. The issue before the court is whether the trial court erred in granting appel-lee’s motion to dismiss the delinquency petition where appellee’s two prior petit theft cases had been disposed of with with*587held adjudications of delinquency. We find no abuse of discretion and affirm.

Appellee was arrested on a charge of petit theft for taking another woman’s purse. Appellee was 17 years old at the time of her arrest. The state filed a delinquency petition against…