POLSTON v. STATE

No. 83-148.

685 P.2d 1 (1984)

Russell M. POLSTON, 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; Gerald M. Gallivan, Director, Wyoming Defender Aid Program; and Gerald P. Luckhaupt, Student Intern, for appellant; oral argument presented by Gerald P. Luckhaupt.

A.G. McClintock, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., John W. Renneisen, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Margaret M. White, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee; oral argument presented by Margaret M. White.

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


CARDINE, Justice.

Russell Polston appeals his conviction of mayhem pursuant to § 6-4-601, W.S. 19771 and his sentence to the Wyoming State Penitentiary for a term of not less than three nor more than ten years with the last three months thereof required to be served at the Wyoming State Hospital in the alcohol and drug abuse program.

We will modify the sentence and affirm the judgment...

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