J.R.S. v. State

CAMPBELL, Acting Chief Judge.

Appellant, a juvenile, challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the order adjudicating him delinquent. Following a hearing, the court found that appellant had committed the offense of armed burglary of a dwelling. It is appellant’s position that the circumstantial evidence did not exclude every reasonable hypothesis except that of guilt. We agree and reverse.

Appellant was charged with armed burglary of a dwelling after a neighbor had seen him leaving the victim’s home through the opened overhead garage door at the back of the house. A .38 pistol was…