Judgment reversed, on the law and the facts, and youthful offender information dismissed.
In our view, the People failed to prove defendant guilty of acts which would constitute burglary and larceny beyond a reasonable doubt and, accordingly, the adjudication cannot be sustained. The People's evidence was primarily circumstantial in nature and wholly insufficient to establish defendant's participation in the crime to a moral certainty (see People v. Cleague
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