State v. Ramon

OPINION

BENCH, Judge:

Defendants Rodney James Ramon and Minnette M. Riedman appeal their separate convictions of theft by receiving stolen property. Utah Code Ann. § 76-6-408(1)(1986). Because the cases involve the same facts and the same dispositive issue, we consolidate the cases, sua sponte, and reverse both convictions. '

*1060On December 8, 1983, George Linam and Sam Mackie burglarized Western Sheet Metal and stole one eighteen inch wide coil of copper sheet, which weighed about 2,500 pounds, and twenty-five eight feet by fifteen inch fabricated panels. The next morning, December 9, as Ralph…