JONES v. STATE

No. 4851.

580 P.2d 1150 (1978)

Walter JONES, Appellant (Defendant below), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Gallivan, Director, Wyoming Defender Aid Program, and Ernest A. Jackson, Student Intern, Wyoming Defender Aid Program, Laramie, for appellant (defendant below).

V. Frank Mendicino, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Criminal Division, Richard H. Honaker, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Sharon A. Fitzgerald, Student Intern, Cheyenne, for appellee (plaintiff below).

Before GUTHRIE, C.J., and McCLINTOCK, RAPER, THOMAS and ROSE, JJ.


ROSE, Justice.

Appellant was charged with second-degree murder and, after a jury trial, was convicted of manslaughter in connection with the death of his nineteen-month-old stepdaughter. He appeals, alleging that (1) the evidence was insufficient to sustain a manslaughter conviction; (2) the trial court erred in refusing appellant's offered instruction on the offense of child abuse; and (3) misconduct by the prosecutor during closing arguments deprived appellant of...

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