C.L.A. v. State, 84-2171
| Decision Date | 20 November 1985 |
| Docket Number | No. 84-2171,84-2171 |
| Citation | 478 So.2d 872,10 Fla. L. Weekly 2616 |
| Parties | 10 Fla. L. Weekly 2616 C.L.A., a juvenile, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
| Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Robin H. Greene, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HENDRY, NESBITT and JORGENSON, JJ.
C.L.A., a juvenile, appeals from an adjudication of delinquency based on a finding that he was guilty of aiding and abetting the commission of grand theft. We affirm upon a holding that the circumstantial evidence presented, including the testimony of the store's security chief that he observed C.L.A. acting as the "spotter" for his companion by questioning the store clerk so as to distract the clerk's attention and looking over his shoulder for other persons who might be watching while his companion pried open a jewelry display case and removed certain items of jewelry, excluded the hypothesis that C.L.A. was merely a witness to the crime and was sufficient to establish his intent to participate and his rendering of assistance to the perpetrator of the offense. Cf. J.W. v. State, 467 So.2d 796 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985) (); In re A.R., 460 So.2d 1024 (Fla. 4th DCA 1984) (); G.C. v. State, 407 So.2d 639 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981) (). See generally Kaufman v. State, 429 So.2d 841 (Fla. 3d DCA 1983); Brown v. State, 391 So.2d 729 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980).
Affirmed.
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