David SLAUGHTER, Appellant (Defendant),
v.
The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).
Supreme Court of Wyoming.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 12, 1981.
June 12, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Michael H. Schilling, Appellate Counsel, Wyoming Public Defender Program, and Sylvia Lee Hackl, Asst. Public Defender, Wyoming Public Defender Program, signed the brief on behalf of appellant. Sylvia Lee Hackl, Cheyenne, appeared in oral argument.
John D. Troughton, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Criminal Division, and Allen C. Johnson, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., signed the brief on behalf of appellee. Allen C. Johnson, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., appeared in oral argument.
Before ROSE, C.J., and RAPER, THOMAS, ROONEY and BROWN, JJ.
Supreme Court of Wyoming.
RAPER, Justice.
Appellant was convicted of escape pursuant to § 6-8-301, W.S. 1977, Cum.Supp. 1980.1 On appeal he challenges his conviction on two bases. First, he contends that his conduct failed to constitute the crime of escape from a county jail as defined in § 6-8-301, supra, since he was not detained in a county jail when he extricated himself from police custody. Therefore, appellant argues that the trial judge erred in...
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