KRUCHECK v. STATE

No. 84-172.

702 P.2d 1267 (1985)

Martin Louis KRUCHECK, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 9, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Munker, State Public Defender, Martin J. McClain, Appellate Counsel, and Denise Nau, Asst. Appellate Counsel (orally), Wyoming Public Defender Program, Cheyenne, for appellant.

A.G. McClintock, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., John Renneisen and Mary B. Guthrie (orally), Sr. Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

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


CARDINE, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of second degree murder in the death of John P. Welsh. In this appeal, in his words, he presents the following issues for our determination:

"1. Whether the Court failed to instruct on the applicable law regarding heat of passion in that it required the victim to be the provocateur of the passion. "2. Whether expert testimony regarding the effect of stress and adrenalin on muscles and muscle reactions was...

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