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SORENSEN v. STATE

S-18-0228.

444 P.3d 1283 (2019)

2019 WY 80

Melanie Dawn SORENSEN, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 24, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: Office of the State Public Defender: Diane M. Lozano , Wyoming State Public Defender; Kirk A. Morgan , Chief Appellate Counsel; Professor Lauren McLane , Faculty Director; G. Bryce Hamilton , Student Intern; and Emily Williams , Student Intern, of the Defender Aid Clinic, University of Wyoming, College of Law. Argument by Ms. Williams.

Representing Appellee: Peter K. Michael , Wyoming Attorney General; Christyne M. Martens , Deputy Attorney General; Katherine A. Adams ,* Senior Assistant Attorney General; Caitlin M. Kurnath , Assistant Attorney General. Argument by Ms. Kurnath.

Before DAVIS, C.J., and FOX, KAUTZ, BOOMGAARDEN, and GRAY, JJ.

[¶1] A jury found Melanie Sorensen guilty of possession of methamphetamine, a controlled substance (third or subsequent offense). At trial, the district court advised the jury they might want to wear gloves before examining the proffered evidence of the baggie containing the methamphetamine. Ms. Sorensen appeals from the jury...

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