PEARSON v. STATE

No. 90-96.

811 P.2d 704 (1991)

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

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Munker, State Public Defender, Gerald M. Gallivan, Defender Aid Program, and Deborah A. Gabriel, Student Director, Defender Aid Program, argued, for appellant.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Sylvia Lee Hackl, Deputy Atty. Gen., argued, and Karen A. Byrne, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

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


CARDINE, Justice.

James Pearson challenges his forgery conviction. The issues he brings concern the admission of evidence over objection which he contends violated W.R.E. 404, the State's closing argument, and his refused instructions concerning eyewitness identification.

We affirm.

Pearson frames the issues as:

"I. Whether the court below erred when it admitted evidence of Mr. Pearson's prior bad acts in violation of W.R.E. 404(b) when an...

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