Case Name: T.S., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1998-11-12
Citations: 734 So. 2d 1061
Docket Number: No. 98-759
Parties: T.S., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: JOANOS, KAHN and DAVIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 734
Pages: 1061–1062

Head Matter:
T.S., a child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 98-759.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Nov. 12, 1998.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender; and Kathleen Stover, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.
Robert Butterworth, Attorney General; and Laura Fullerton Lopez, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant, a juvenile adjudicated delinquent below for carrying a concealed weapon, questions the sufficiency of the evidence to support the adjudication of delinquency in connection with that charge. Because insufficient evidence was presented to support this adjudication of delinquency, we reverse. See P.C. v. State, 589 So.2d 438 (Fla. 3d DCA 1991) (finding evidence insufficient to support adjudication of delinquency for carrying a concealed weapon where there was no evidence to even suggest that instrument fit the definition of being a "deadly" weapon or that the juvenile intended to use or used the instrument as a deadly weapon); Robinson v. State, 547 So.2d 321 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989) (holding that a "deadly weapon" under section 790.001(3)(a), Florida Statutes, can be either an instrument which will likely cause death or great bodily harm when used in the ordinary and usual manner contemplated by its design and construction, or an object which is used or threatened to be used during a crime in such a way that it would be likely to cause death or great bodily harm); R.T. v. State, 448 So.2d 604 (Fla. 3d DCA 1984) (reversing delinquency adjudication where there was no testimony that the juvenile intended to use the instrument as a deadly weapon).
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
JOANOS, KAHN and DAVIS, JJ., concur.