SCHWAGER v. STATE

No. 4955.

589 P.2d 1303 (1979)

Ronald SCHWAGER, Appellant (Defendant below), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

February 5, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Chapman, Public Defender for Laramie County, Cheyenne, and Susan D. Mueller, Senior Law Student and Student Intern, Wyoming Defender Aid Program, Laramie, for appellant.

John J. Rooney, Acting Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Richard H. Honaker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, for appellee.

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


McCLINTOCK, Justice.

Ronald Schwager was charged with murder in the first degree and convicted of manslaughter in the death of Frank Heinrich. He appeals that conviction claiming error of the district court in refusing to present to the jury his offered instruction on the defense of insanity as that defense defined and included irresistible impulse. We find no error and affirm the judgment.

On the evening of June 25, 1977, around 8:00 p.m., police officers...

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