Z.S. v. State

SCHEB, Acting Chief Judge.

Z.S., a juvenile, challenges an order adjudicating him delinquent based on the trial judge’s finding that he committed grand theft of a motor vehicle, a violation of section 812.014, Florida Statutes (1989). Z.S. argues the court erred in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal. We agree.

The evidence at the adjudicatory hearing revealed that on the evening of June 26, 1989, Sgt. Alan Howard found a dark maroon 1989 Jeep Cherokee alongside a roadway. The vehicle was identified as one *866that had been stolen. About three and one-half hours later Howard arrested Z.S.,…