BROWN v. STATE

No. 90-194.

817 P.2d 429 (1991)

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

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

August 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wyoming Public Defender Program, Leonard D. Munker, State Public Defender, Barbara Lauer, Asst. Public Defender, Gerald M. Gallivan, Director, Wyoming Defender Aid Program, and Kenneth M. McLaughlin, Legal Intern, for appellant.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Sylvia Lee Hackl, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Mary B. Guthrie, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

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


THOMAS, Justice.

The focus in this appeal by James Franklin Brown (Brown) is that the trial court failed to confine the proof offered by the State to the essential elements of the charged offenses and that the product of this error was to deprive him of his right to a fair trial and a unanimous verdict. Brown complains specifically of the admission of evidence of uncharged misconduct, without proper scrutiny and without appropriate limiting instructions; the refusal...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases