ABEYTA v. STATE

No. 4985.

592 P.2d 705 (1979)

Anthony Max ABEYTA, Appellant (Defendant below), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Chapman, Casper, signed the brief and appeared in oral argument on behalf of the appellant.

John J. Rooney, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen. and Sandra K. Dunn, Senior Law Student and Legal Intern, signed the brief. After being introduced by Mr. Stack, Ms. Dunn presented oral argument for appellee.

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


GUTHRIE, Justice, Retired.

Tanya Jean Duran, the natural daughter of appellant and Pauline Duran, died on October 14, 1977, after receiving burns from scalding water in a bathtub at the residence where she lived with appellant and her mother. These burns were apparently inflicted between the hours of ten and twelve o'clock in the morning. Little two-year-old Tanya died some twelve or fifteen hours later from aspiration, which was directly connected to the burns and...

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