State ex rel. Z.C.

PARRISH, Justice:

BACKGROUND

1 When she was thirteen years old, Z.C. engaged in consensual 1 sex with a twelve-year-old boy and became pregnant. The state prosecutor chose to file delinquency petitions against both Z.C. and the boy for sexual abuse of a child under Utah Code section 76-5-404.1, a crime that would constitute a second degree felony if committed by an adult. The twelve-year-old boy was adjudicated delinquent and given probation. 7.0. moved to dismiss the delinquency petition filed against her on the grounds that it violated her constitutional rights and that the legislature could…