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WATTS v. STATE

No. S-15-0188.

370 P.3d 104 (2016)

2016 WY 40

Ernest Ray WATTS, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 31, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Office of the State Public Defender: Diane M. Lozano , State Public Defender; Tina N. Olson , Chief Appellate Counsel; Kirk A. Morgan , Senior Assistant Appellate Counsel. Argument by Mr. Morgan.

Representing Appellee: Peter K. Michael , Wyoming Attorney General; David L. Delicath , Deputy Attorney General; Christyne M. Martens , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Darrell D. Jackson , Faculty Director, Bradford H. Coates , Student Director, Travis K. Wagman , Student Intern, of the Prosecution Assistance Program. Argument by Mr. Wagman.

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

[¶ 1] A jury convicted Ernest Ray Watts of aggravated assault and battery in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-502(a)(i) (Lexis-Nexis 2015), as a result of an altercation with his girlfriend. Mr. Watts appeals, arguing that the prosecutor's incorrect statement regarding the presumption of innocence and his attempt to define...

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