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STATE v. RIGGLE

No. 2666

76 Wyo. 1 (1956)

298 P.2d 349

THE STATE OF WYOMING, Plaintiff and Respondent, vs. CLAY RIGGLE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wyoming

June 5, 1956

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant and appellant the cause was submitted upon the brief and also oral argument of William G. Watt and D.N. Sherard of Wheatland, Wyoming, and Thomas O. Tacy of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

For the Plaintiff and Respondent the cause was submitted upon the brief of George F. Guy, Attorney General; Robert H. McPhillamey, Deputy Attorney General; Howard B. Black, Walter J. Muir, Arthur F. Fisher, Assistant Attorneys General; M.R. Foe, County and Prosecuting Attorney, Platte County, Wyoming; and also oral argument by Mr. Guy, Mr. Muir and Mr. Foe.

Heard before Blume, C.J.,and Harnsberger and Parker, J.J.

OPINION

Mr. Chief Justice Blume delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant Clay Riggle was charged with the crime of first degree murder. He pleaded not guilty, and later further pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. A trial was had, and the jury convicted the defendant of first degree murder without adding the phrase "without capital punishment" as permitted by the provisions of § 9-201, Wyoming Compiled...

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