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D, age 11, entered a retail store during business hours with her aunt. d took and ate a piece of candy from a display and left with her aunt without paying for the candy. D was stopped outside of the store by the manager and ultimately admitted to him that she had eaten a piece of candy without paying for it. The State filed a petition alleging d to be a delinquent child. The petition alleged second-degree burglary. After an adjudicatory hearing, the circuit court sustained the allegations of second-degree burglary. D appealed.

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