Engle v. State

My analysis has not changed since the opinion was written in Engle v. State, 774 P.2d 1303 (Wyo.1989) (Engle I) that this hapless individual committed the offense of joyriding for which by now, during two tours in the Wyoming State Penitentiary, he has been more than adequately punished and not rehabilitated in any regard. See Wyo. Const. art. 1, § 15.

Whatever the taxpayer burden for his support and maintenance at the penitentiary may be, Engle will be released as neither reformed nor mentally treated to cure his long-standing, clearly obvious illness. Required medical care and needed…