O.L.M. v. State

NESBITT, Senior Judge.

A petition of delinquency was filed against juvenile O.L.M. for possession of cocaine. Following a hearing, the trial court adjudicated O.L.M. guilty and committed him to the Department of Juvenile Justice. We reverse.

The evidence at trial was that an officer driving past a storefront known as a “drug hangout” had observed the juvenile reaching into the railing part of a dumpster adjacent to the storefront. One of the juvenile’s hands was balled up with something in it the size of his fist. It was daylight and the officer was approximately twenty-five feet from the…