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PATTERSON v. STATE

No. 83-190.

682 P.2d 1049 (1984)

Frank James William PATTERSON, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Rehearing Denied July 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Munker, State Public Defender, Sylvia Lee Hackl, Appellate Counsel, Wyoming Public Defender Program, and Martin J. McClain, Asst. Appellate Counsel, Cheyenne, Wyoming Public Defender Program, for appellant.

A.G. McClintock, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Allen C. Johnson, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., and Timothy Judson, County and Prosecuting Atty., Fremont County, for appellee.

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

ROONEY, Chief Justice.

Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder by a jury on June 4, 1983. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Wyoming State Penitentiary. On appeal from that judgment and sentence, appellant states the single issue raised on appeal as follows:

"Whether the trial court's refusal to instruct the jury upon the defense's theory of self-defense was prejudicial error."

We affirm.

An appellant is entitled to instructions...

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