People v. R. V.

LEE, Justice.

Respondent, R.V., a juvenile, was tried and convicted of motor vehicle theft, section 18-4-401, C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8), and was adjudicated a “delinquent child,” section 19-1-103(9), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl. Vol. 8).1The court of appeals reversed the judgment and remanded for a new trial. People v. R.V., 43 Colo.App. 349, 606 P.2d 1311 (1979).

We granted certiorari to review the holding of the court of appeals that the complicity instructions given by the trial court were insufficient to properly advise the jury on the law of complicity. Sections 18-1-601 and 18-1-603,…