D.G. v. State

This is an appeal by the juvenile D.G. from an adjudication of delinquency for grand theft, burglary of a conveyance, and malicious mischief. The sole point on appeal is that the trial court erred in denying a defense motion for judgment of acquittal. We disagree and affirm.

*296It is well settled in Florida that a person’s unexplained possession of recently stolen property gives rise to a permissible factual inference that the person in possession of such property is guilty of larceny or theft of the subject property, see Cone v. State, 69 So.2d 175 (Fla.1953); Byrd v. State, 146 Fla. 686, 689, 1…