G.D.B. v. State

MORTENSEN, Judge:

¶1 G.D.B., a minor, appeals the juvenile court's adjudication finding him delinquent on one count of sexual abuse of a child for touching his four-year-old niece's vagina and trying to put his penis "in [her] bum." G.D.B. argues that the State failed to prove the touching was done with the intent to arouse or gratify G.D.B.'s sexual desires, as required by Utah Code section 76-5-404.1. We affirm.

BACKGROUND1

Revelation of Abuse

¶2 G.D.B. was seven-and-a-half years older than the four-year-old victim, his niece (Victim).2 G.D.B. and Victim spent a lot of time together. Victim's…