State v. Scott

ELLETT, Justice:

The appellant was convicted of the crime of burglary in the second degree and was sentenced to serve a term in the Utah State Prison. He appeals to this court and makes two assignments of error, viz.: (a) The chief witness for the State was not competent to testify; and (b) the trial court failed to instruct the jury on the law of accomplices.

The witness in question testified that the appellant and another tried to get him to go to a furniture store late at night and haul some furniture for them. He declined to do so but later drove out by the store and parked nearby. He says…