STATE v. KEFFER

No. 91-9.

860 P.2d 1118 (1993)

The STATE of Wyoming, Plaintiff, v. Lola Mae KEFFER, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 29, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Sylvia Lee Hackl, Deputy Atty. Gen., Dennis C. Cook, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff.

Wyoming Public Defender Program: Wyatt R. Skaggs, State Public Defender, for defendant.

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


THOMAS, Justice.

In this case, brought to this court by a Bill of Exceptions, the State of Wyoming (State) seeks a determination that, in a prosecution for second degree murder, the State is entitled to have the jury instructed on the crime of manslaughter as a lesser included offense. The district court, upon objection by Lola Mae Keffer (Keffer), concluded the instructions requested by the State on the lesser included offense of manslaughter should not be given...

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