EPPERSON v. STATE

No. 5111.

600 P.2d 1051 (1979)

Steven Roy EPPERSON, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen R. Johnson, Asst. Public Defender, Sheridan, for appellant.

John D. Troughton, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Daniel E. White, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, for appellee.

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


McCLINTOCK, Justice.

A jury found defendant guilty of unlawful conversion by a bailee, § 6-7-302, W.S. 1977. The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the district court erred when it refused to admit a sales receipt into evidence. We find the rules of evidence require that the sales receipt be admitted, and therefore reverse and remand the case for a new trial.

Defendant, Steven Epperson, his wife, Dessa Epperson, and their four children had planned...

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