State v. V.T.

OPINION

ORME, Judge:

1[ 1 V.T. appeals the juvenile court's adjudication that by his continued presence during the crime, he was an accomplice to theft, a class A misdemeanor, in violation of Utah Code Ann. § 76-6-404 (1999). We reverse.

BACKGROUND

1 2 On June 12, 1998, V.T. and two friends, "Moose" and Joey, went to a relative's apartment to avoid being picked up by police for curfew violations. The boys ended up spending the entire night at the apartment.

13 The next morning, the relative briefly left to run an errand, while the boys remained in her apartment. She returned about fifteen minutes…