CRAIN v. STATE

Nos. S-08-0215, S-09-0002.

218 P.3d 934 (2009)

2009 WY 128

Monique Joy CRAIN, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff). Michael May, Appellant (Defendant), v. The State of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellants: Diane M. Lozano, Wyoming State Public Defender; Tina N. Kerin, Appellate Counsel; and Eric Alden and Kirk A. Morgan, Senior Assistants Appellate Counsel.

Representing Appellee: Bruce A. Salzburg, Wyoming Attorney General; Terry L. Armitage, Deputy Attorney General; D. Michael Pauling, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and Graham M. Smith, Assistant Attorney General; Nicole G. Krieger, Special Assistant Attorney General.

Before VOIGT, C.J., and GOLDEN, HILL, KITE, and BURKE, JJ.


HILL, Justice.

[¶ 1] The Appellants in these consolidated cases challenge their convictions for sexual abuse of a minor under the comprehensive 2007 amendments to Wyoming's sexual assault statutes. Although each Appellant articulated the issues in slightly different terms, we deem the following to capture the essence of their claims: (1) Where those amended statutes criminalize sexual abuse of a minor "on a victim who is thirteen (13) through fifteen (15) years...

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