Belarde v. State

OPINION

Judge, MANNHEIMER.

Jesse Cecil Belarde and two friends, Rolando Barlow and Robert Smith, entered an Anchorage Fred Meyer store for the purpose of stealing a battery for Belarde’s car.

(Belarde’s car had recently broken down, and it was inoperable unless the battery was recharged. After concluding that it would take too long to recharge the battery, Be-larde borrowed another car, and he and his friends went looking for a battery to steal.)

Inside the Fred Meyer store, Belarde went to the car battery section and identified the correct battery for his , vehicle. His friend Smith then picked…