POITRA v. STATE

No. S-15-0115.

368 P.3d 284 (2016)

2016 WY 20

Dennis Anthony POITRA, Jr., Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

February 17, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Office of the Public Defender: Diane Lozano , State Public Defender; Tina N. Olson , Chief Appellate Counsel; David E. Westling , Senior Assistant Appellate Counsel.

Representing Appellee: Peter K. Michael , Wyoming Attorney General; David L. Delicath , Deputy Attorney General; Jenny L. Craig , Senior Assistant Attorney General.

Before BURKE, C.J., and HILL, DAVIS, FOX, and KAUTZ, JJ.


[¶ 1] Appellant Dennis Anthony Poitra, Jr., filed a motion to reduce his sentence of life without the possibility of parole to life as a matter of law. In support of his motion, he argued before the district court that because two juvenile codefendants may receive life sentences with the possibility of parole due to a United...

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