SLAUGHTER v. STATE

No. 5449.

630 P.2d 517 (1981)

David SLAUGHTER, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Schilling, Appellate Counsel, and Sylvia Lee Hackl, Asst. Public Defender, Wyoming Public Defender Program (argued), Laramie, on brief, for appellant.

Steven F. Freudenthal, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Criminal Division, and John W. Renneisen, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Cheyenne, on brief, for appellee.

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


BROWN, Justice.

Appellant-defendant was convicted by a Natrona County jury of two counts of burglary. Appellant, David Slaughter, appeals his conviction alleging that the jury was not adequately instructed on the presumption of innocence.

We will affirm.

On appeal, appellant urges a single assignment of error as follows:

"The trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury as to the presumption...

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