Legal Opinion

Rodriguez v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided December 30, 1985No. 85-35PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARDINE, Justice.

Appellant Michael Rodriguez, after trial to a jury, was convicted of aggravated burglary and aggravated robbery. The principal issues presented for our determination are closely related. We must decide whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence testimony given by the robbery victim at a preliminary hearing, whether admission of that testimony violated the appellant’s rights under the confrontation clauses of the United States and Wyoming Constitutions, and whether the evidence was sufficient to sustain the conviction.1

We affirm the judgment of the district court…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Mancusi v. StubbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Martinez v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1980
  4. State v. BrooksUtah Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Grable v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1982

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3Cited by22 opinions

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  4. Cardenas v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Capshaw v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1986

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