Case Name: In the Interest of M.H., a child
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1991-01-09
Citations: 572 So. 2d 1019
Docket Number: No. 89-1378
Parties: In the Interest of M.H., a child.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 572
Pages: 1019–1020

Head Matter:
In the Interest of M.H., a child.
No. 89-1378.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
Jan. 9, 1991.
Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, Susan D. Cline, Asst. Public Defender and Thomas A. Genung, Certified Legal Intern, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and James J. Carney, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee, State of Fla.

Opinion:
LETTS, Judge.
This is an appeal from an adjudication of delinquency for arson. The applicable statute, section 806.01(1), Florida Statutes (1989), provides:
(1) Any person who willfully and unlawfully, by fire or explosion, damages or causes to be damaged:
(b) Any structure, or contents thereof, where persons are normally present . is guilty of arson in the first degree. (Emphasis supplied).
In the matter sub judice, no evidence whatsoever was adduced as to damage. As a consequence, this cause must be reversed.
REVERSED.