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MASON v. STATE

No. 5401.

631 P.2d 1051 (1981)

Tracy Michael MASON, Appellant (Defendant), v. STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Schilling, Appellate Counsel, Wyoming Public Defender Program, Laramie, for appellant.

John D. Troughton, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Allen C. Johnson, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, for appellee.

Before ROSE, C.J., RAPER, THOMAS and ROONEY, JJ., and O'BRIEN, District Judge.

ROSE, Chief Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the defendant in a probation-revocation hearing has the right to confront and cross-examine the witnesses against him. Here, the crucial evidence against the probationer was presented in the form of hearsay testimony. The State made no attempt either to subpoena the witnesses or to make any valid excuse for their absence.

At the revocation hearing, the district...

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