HAWORTH v. STATE

No. 90-276.

840 P.2d 912 (1992)

Steven HAWORTH, Appellant (Defendant), v. STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Urbigkit November 19, 1992.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Munker, State Public Defender, Cheyenne, Wyoming, Defender Aid Program, Gerald M. Gallivan, Director, Timothy F. Marion, Student Intern, Laramie, for appellant.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Sylvia L. Hackl, Deputy Atty. Gen., Mary B. Guthrie and Jennifer L. Gimbel, Sr. Asst. Attys. Gen., Cheyenne, for appellee.

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


GOLDEN, Justice.

A jury found appellant Steven Haworth guilty of aggravated assault and battery1 for his use of a pocketknife during a fight with Rod Risk on May 23, 1990, outside a bar near Casper, Wyoming. Haworth had claimed he used the knife in self-defense.

On appeal, Haworth raises one issue:

Whether the prosecution's deliberate and covert intrusion into appellant's trial...

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