People in Interest of RL

STERNBERG, Judge.

R.L., the minor child-appellant, was adjudicated delinquent by a jury for commission of an act which would have constituted first degree arson if committed by an adult. Arguing he should have been allowed to introduce evidence pointing to guilt of another, and thát a mistrial should have been granted when an alleged admission was erroneously admitted, R.L. appeals. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

A fire occurred in a run-down apartment building in Denver around midnight. There were few tenants in the building, it largely being vacant and uninhabitable. R.L. lived in the…