In Re Antonette H.

CHARLES E. MOYLAN, JR. (Retired, Specially Assigned), J.

The appellant, Antonette H., adjudicated to be delinquent in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County for an act that would have been theft if committed by an adult, presents us with a delightful dilemma. The evidence was legally sufficient to support the inference that the appellant was a receiver of stolen goods (or, in more modern terms, a criminal possessor) or to support the alternative inference that she was the original “handholding” thief for whom the hue and cry could have been raised (with full credit for both a caption and…