JESCHKE v. STATE

No. 5602.

642 P.2d 1298 (1982)

Paul D. JESCHKE, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

April 6, 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., Cr. Div., Allen C. Johnson, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Michael L. Hubbard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, for appellee.

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


ROSE, Chief Justice.

Mr. Jeschke appeals his conviction for involuntary manslaughter pursuant to § 6-4-107, W.S. 1977.1 Appellant was found guilty of causing the death of two and one-half-year-old Andrew Halverson through acts amounting to "criminal carelessness" or "culpable neglect." He now asks us to reverse the conviction, and raises the following issues for our review:

(1) Did the prosecutor's comments, in his closing...

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