TAYLOR v. STATE

No. 5618.

642 P.2d 1294 (1982)

Wayne Walter TAYLOR, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

April 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Schilling, Appellate Counsel, Wyoming Public Defender Program, Laramie, and Sylvia Lee Hackl, Asst. Appellate Counsel, Wyoming Public Defender Program, Cheyenne, for appellant.

Steven F. Freudenthal, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Criminal Division, Allen C. Johnson, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., and Denise Homce, Legal Intern, Cheyenne, for appellee.

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


BROWN, Justice.

Appellant appeals from a conviction of first-degree sexual assault, in violation of § 6-4-302(a)(ii), W.S. 1977. He urges a single issue on appeal:

"The trial court erred in admitting into evidence, over appellant's objection, a cigarette butt found in the parking lot near the scene of the alleged assault."

We will affirm.

The victim accepted a ride home from a man whom she met in the parking lot of a bar in Cheyenne...

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