C.O'D. v. State

Jul 2, 1997
No. 96-2549
Reporters:
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Before:
Stevenson
STEVENSON, Judge.

A petition for adjudication of delinquency was filed charging appellant, C.O’D., with grand theft. Following a bench ‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‍trial, appellant was found to have committed the offense, adjudication was withheld, and appellant was placed on community control. We *493reverse because the evidence was insufficient to support the finding that C.O’D. committed the charged grand ‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‍theft.

The record is devoid of evidence that appellant committed any act in furtherance of the charged offense; it established only that appellant was in the company of others who committed the charged theft. See In re A.R., 460 ‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‍So.2d 1024, 1025 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984)(holding that knowledge that a crime is going to be committed and presence at the scene, without more, is generally insufficient to establish aiding and abettingXquoting G.C. v. State, 407 So.2d ‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‍639, 640 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981)); see also Evans v. State, 643 So.2d 1204 (Fla. 1st DCA 1994), rev. denied, 652 So.2d 818 (Fla.1995); C.P.P. v. State, 479 So.2d 858 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985).

Accordingly, the order on appeal is reversed, and on remand, appellant ‍​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‍shall be discharged from community control or any other sanction imposed for this offense.

DELL and POLEN, JJ., concur.