State v. Draper-Roberts

Opinion

GREENWOOD, Senior Judge:

T1 Defendant Dawn Ann Draper-Roberts appeals after a jury found her guilty of theft, a class A misdemeanor. See Utah Code Ann. §§ 76-6-404, 412(1)(c)(i) (LexisNexis 2012). She argues that the trial court should have granted one or more of her several motions for a mistrial, We agree and therefore reverse and remand for a new trial.. BACKGROUND 2

T2 Defendant worked at a craft store, where she found a customer's purse in a shopping cart. Rather than immediately locking the purse in the store's safe, she put it in the store's classroom where there were locking…