VIGIL v. STATE

No. 95-61.

926 P.2d 351 (1996)

Andy Jasper VIGIL, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 11, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil A. Cundy, Sundance, for Appellant.

William U. Hill, Wyoming Attorney General; Paul S. Rehurek; Mary B. Guthrie, Deputy Attorneys General; and D. Michael Pauling, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Cheyenne, for Appellee.

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


THOMAS, Justice.

The primary issue in this case, a claim of error in admitting evidence of prior bad acts as asserted by Andy Jasper Vigil (Vigil), induces us to revisit the criteria outlined in Dean v. State, 865 P.2d 601 (Wyo.1993), and to conform our process to that used in applying the FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE. Additional claims of error are based upon asserted, impermissible comment on Vigil's exercise of his right to...

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