JAHNKE v. STATE

No. 83-70.

682 P.2d 991 (1984)

Richard John JAHNKE, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

June 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Barrett of Trierweiler, Bayless, Barrett & McCartney, Cheyenne, for appellant.

A.G. McClintock, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dennis C. Cook, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas J. Carroll, Dist. Atty., Allen C. Johnson, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., and John Forwood, Deputy Dist. Atty., First Judicial Dist., for appellee.

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


THOMAS, Justice.

The essential questions presented in this case arise out of a notion that a victim of abuse has some special justification for patricide. The specific questions posed relate to limitations imposed by the trial judge upon voir dire examination of members of the selected panel of jurors and the admissibility of testimony from a forensic psychiatrist intended to support the theory of self-defense espoused by the appellant, Richard John Jahnke. In addition...

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