PEARSON v. STATE

No. 91-13.

818 P.2d 1144 (1991)

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

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard D. Munker, State Public Defender, Gerald M. Gallivan, Defender Aid Program, and Darold S. Melchior, Student Intern for the Defender Aid Program, for appellant.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Sylvia Lee Hackl, Deputy Atty. Gen., Jennifer L. Gimbel, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Theodore E. Lauer, Director of the Prosecution Assistance Program, E. Daniel Farrar, Student Intern for the Prosecution Assistance Program, and John P. Labuda, Student Intern, for appellee.

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


OPINION

MACY, Justice.

Appellant Iassac Orlando Pearson challenges his conviction for aggravated vehicular homicide, asserting the district court improperly admitted as evidence an involuntary admission he made to a police officer while he was under arrest and hospitalized with severe injuries. He also contests his conviction for felony wrongful taking or disposing of property because the district court refused to instruct the jury on the elements of the...

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