KEY v. STATE

No. 5288.

616 P.2d 774 (1980)

Alford Ricky KEY, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Gallivan, Director, Wyoming Defender Aid Program; and Kenneth Marken, Student Intern, Wyoming Defender Aid Program, Laramie, signed the brief, and Gallivan appeared in oral argument on behalf of appellant.

John D. Troughton, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Criminal Division, and John W. Renneisen, Law Clerk, Cheyenne, signed the brief on behalf of appellee. Sharon A. Lyman, Asst. Atty. Gen., presented oral argument.

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


RAPER, Chief Justice.

The admissibility into evidence of allegedly prejudicial photographs is the principal question to be decided in this appeal. We will affirm the trial judge's decision to allow them into evidence.

At about 10:00 p.m., on August 11, 1979, appellant armed with a knife and a can of mace arrived at Red's Bar in Elmo, Wyoming. Some time thereafter, the appellant participated in a fight outside the bar. Though there was conflicting testimony...

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