STATE v. DENHARDT

No. 88-18.

760 P.2d 988 (1988)

The STATE of Wyoming, Petitioner, v. R.B. DENHARDT, Judge, Fremont County Court, Lander, Wyoming, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

August 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., John W. Renneisen, Deputy Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, and John C. Brackley, Deputy County and Pros. Atty., Lander, for petitioner.

Donald L. Legerski, Lander, for respondent.

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


THOMAS, Justice.

Section 12-6-102(a), W.S. 1977 (July 1986 Repl.), provides:

"(a) No adult shall transport, or have in his possession or control, any alcoholic liquor or malt beverage, with the intent of furnishing the same to any minor, while operating or occupying a motor vehicle."

The sole and specific issue in this case is whether the legislature intended the phrase "while operating or occupying a motor vehicle" to modify the word "adult" or...

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