BIRD v. STATE

No. 94-159.

901 P.2d 1123 (1995)

Chester Loyde BIRD, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

Rehearing Denied September 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wyoming Public Defender Program: Leonard D. Munker, State Public Defender; and Deborah Cornia, Appellate Counsel, for appellant.

Joseph B. Meyer, Attorney General; Sylvia Lee Hackl, Deputy Attorney General; D. Michael Pauling, Mary Beth Wolff, Senior Assistant Attorneys General; Prosecution Assistance Program, Theodore E. Lauer, Director, and Cole Loftus, Student Intern., for appellee.

Before GOLDEN, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, TAYLOR and LEHMAN, JJ.


THOMAS, Justice.

The issue raised in this case is whether the trial court abused its discretion when it refused to allow Chester Loyde Bird (Bird) to withdraw his pleas of guilty to sexual assault in the first degree,1 and kidnapping,2 which were accompanied by his admission of the status of a habitual criminal.3 At arraignment, the trial...

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