PEOPLE IN INTEREST OF R.L.

No. 81CA1319.

660 P.2d 26 (1983)

The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, In the Interest of R.L., Minor-Child Appellant, and Concerning L.L., Respondent.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

January 20, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Deputy Atty. Gen., Joel W. Cantrick, John Milton Hutchins, Asst. Attys. Gen., Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

J. Gregory Walta, Colorado State Public Defender, Linda Hotes, Deputy State Public Defender, Denver, for minor-child appellant.


STERNBERG, Judge.

R.L., the minor child-appellant, was adjudicated delinquent by a jury for commission of an act which would have constituted first degree arson if committed by an adult. Arguing he should have been allowed to introduce evidence pointing to guilt of another, and that a mistrial should have been granted when an alleged admission was erroneously admitted, R.L. appeals. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

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