FONDREN v. STATE

No. 86-14.

724 P.2d 461 (1986)

James FONDREN, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Munker, State Public Defender, Julie D. Naylor, Appellate Counsel, Gerald M. Gallivan, Director, and John A. Masterson, Student Intern, Wyoming Defender Aid Program, Laramie, for appellant (defendant).

A.G. McClintock, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Criminal Div., John Renneisen, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Gerald P. Luckhaupt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, for appellee (plaintiff).

Before THOMAS, C.J., and BROWN, CARDINE, URBIGKIT and MACY, JJ.


BROWN, Justice.

Appellant James Ray Fondren was convicted of second degree murder in violation of § 6-2-104, W.S. 1977 (June 1983 Replacement), and was sentenced to imprisonment for life.1 He urges a single issue on appeal:

"Whether appellant's confession in this case came during a period of unlawful detention and thus should have been suppressed as tainted evidence."

We will affirm.

On March 17, 1985, Garland...

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