Case Name: D. D. S., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1981-01-06
Citations: 392 So. 2d 328
Docket Number: No. 78-693
Parties: D. D. S., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before HUBBART, C. J., NESBITT, J., and MELVIN, WOODROW M. (Ret.), Associate Judge.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 392
Pages: 328–328

Head Matter:
D. D. S., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 78-693.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Jan. 6, 1981.
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith,- Atty. Gen., and Steven R. Jacob, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HUBBART, C. J., NESBITT, J., and MELVIN, WOODROW M. (Ret.), Associate Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant's adjudication of delinquency is reversed on a finding that the circumstantial evidence relied upon by the state was not shown to be inconsistent with a reasonable hypothesis of innocence. Circumstantial evidence did not rise to that reasonable certainty that the accused committed the offense. Pate v. State, 72 Fla. 97, 72 So. 517 (1916); see also, 13 Fla.Jur. Evidence § 417 and cases cited therein.
Reversed.