G. M. v. State, 410 So. 2d 659

PER CURIAM.

Section 812.025, Florida Statutes (1979) permits a finding ‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‍of guilt of either theft or dealing in stolen property in connection with one scheme or course of conduct, ‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‍but not both. Hudson v. State, 408 So.2d 224 (Fla. 4th DCA 1981); Kelly v. State, 397 So.2d 709 (Fla. 5th DCA 1981). ‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‍We reject as totally without merit the state’s contention that a juvenile, unlike an adult, may in ‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‍the same circumstances be adjudicated delinquent on both charges.

The adjudications of delinquency as to dealing in stolen ‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‍property is AFFIRMED and as to theft is REVERSED.

Case Details

Case Name: G. M. v. State

Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida

Date Published: Mar 9, 1982

Citations: 410 So. 2d 659; 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 19421; No. 81-657

Docket Number: No. 81-657

Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.