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VENA v. STATE

No. 95-304.

941 P.2d 33 (1997)

Joseph J. VENA, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

June 25, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia Lee Hackl, State Public Defender, PDP; Peter H. Froelicher, Assistant Public Defender, argued, for Appellant.

William U. Hill, Attorney General; Paul Rehurek, Deputy Attorney General; D. Michael Pauling, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Jon Forwood, Special Assistant Attorney General; Mary Beth Wolff, Laramie County Deputy District Attorney, argued, for Appellee.

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

THOMAS, Justice.

The primary focus in this appeal, taken by Joseph J. Vena (Vena) from his convictions of conspiracy to commit first degree murder, in violation of WYO. STAT. § 6-1-303 (1988), and first degree murder, in violation of WYO. STAT. § 6-2-101 (Supp.1994), is upon the voluntariness of statements given to law enforcement officers in which Vena admitted his involvement in the charged crimes. Vena asserts that the trial court erred in its pretrial...

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