WAYT v. STATE

No. 90-179.

809 P.2d 802 (1991)

Mark Edward WAYT, Appellant (Defendant), v. STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

April 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Munker, State Public Defender, Gerald M. Gallivan, Defender Aid Program, and Laurie E. Anderson, Student Intern for the Defender Aid Program, for appellant.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Sylvia L. Hackl, Deputy Atty. Gen., Karen A. Byrne, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Mike Pauling, Asst. Atty. Gen., Theodore E. Lauer, Director of the Prosecution Assistance Program, and Don F. Shreve, Jr., Student Intern for the Prosecution Assistance Program, for appellee.

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


OPINION

MACY, Justice.

Appellant Mark Edward Wayt appeals from his conviction for the wrongful disposition of a drilling bit.

We reverse.

Appellant presents the following issues for our review:

I. Whether an instruction permitting an inf[er]ence of guilty knowledge from the possession of recently stolen property should be given in the absence of corroborative evidence tending to prove Defendant's guilt; and whether under the facts...

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