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ADEN v. STATE

No. 84-219.

717 P.2d 326 (1986)

Robert ADEN, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

April 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wyoming Public Defender Program: Leonard D. Munker, State Public Defender, Martin J. McClain, Appellate Counsel, Cheyenne, for appellant.

A.G. McClintock, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Crim. Div., John Renneisen, S. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Roger Fransen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, for appellee.

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

THOMAS, Chief Justice.

The major question to be resolved in this appeal is whether the testimony of an arson investigator who was presented as an expert witness must, as a matter of law, be held to be incompetent evidence. If that testimony is not competent, a corollary question then is raised as to the sufficiency of other evidence to sustain a conviction. We conclude that the expert testimony was competent evidence and...

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