Legal Opinion

Valerio v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided June 23, 1967No. 3507PublishedCited by 59 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McINTYRE

Ruben Eliu Valerio was convicted by a jury of armed robbery and sentenced to a term in the Wyoming Penitentiary. He comes to us on appeal claiming error in his trial (1) because the prosecution made it appear defendant had previously stolen a bicycle; (2) because the prosecution allowed a witness to refer to having been threatened on a previous occasion, with an inference that defendant was involved in the threatening; and (3) because the prosecuting witness, who had changed his original story to the police, was allowed to testify the change in his story was made on account of the possibility…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. People v. GidneyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1937
  2. Murdock v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1960
  3. State v. LindsayWyoming Supreme Court · 1957
  4. Cleo Francis Hughes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1963
  5. Drummer v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1961

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3Cited by59 opinions

  1. Smith v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
  2. Hopkinson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Crozier v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Elliott v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Brown v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1987

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