J.R. v. State

J.R., a juvenile, appeals his adjudication of delinquency, claiming first that the trial *366court improperly denied his motion for a continuance and, second, that the evidence at trial was insufficient to support the trial court’s findings of fact. We need not reach the first issue because we agree with appellant as to the second; accordingly, we reverse appellant’s adjudication of delinquency.

BACKGROUND

The State originally charged J.R., then fifteen, with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon pursuant to section 784.021(l)(a), Florida Statutes (2006), alleging he held a knife to his…