# R. M. v. State

> District Court of Appeal of Florida · April 6, 1982 · 412 So. 2d 44

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7517037

## Case

- **Full name:** R. M., a juvenile v. The STATE of Florida
- **Court:** District Court of Appeal of Florida
- **Decided:** April 6, 1982
- **Citations:** 412 So. 2d 44; 1982 Fla. App. LEXIS 19736
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Baskin
- **Judges:** Baskin, Genson, Hendry, Jor
- **Cited by:** 14 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding juvenile’s unrefuted explanation that he borrowed the bicycle from a friend precluded conviction for grand theft

## Opinion text

BASKIN, Judge.
We reverse the order adjudging defendant R. M. delinquent. Defendant’s conviction of grand theft was not supported by the evidence; the state failed to prove that R. M. knew the bicycle had been stolen. State v. Lewis, 364 So.2d 1223 (Fla.1978); State v. Allen, 362 So.2d 10 (Fla.1978); Fisk v. State, 138 Fla. 815 , 190 So. 10 (1939); R.A.L. v. State, 402 So.2d 1337 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981); A.R. v. State, 393 So.2d 1174 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981). Defendant’s unrefuted explanation that he borrowed the bicycle from a friend precluded conviction under section 812.014, Florida Statutes (1979).
Reversed with directions to discharge defendant.
HENDRY, J., dissents.

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