Legal Opinion
Sorensen v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided June 16, 2000No. 99-96PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEHMAN, Chief Justice.
A Hot Springs County jury found (Henn Wayman Sorensen guilty of one count of first degree sexual assault. Claiming he was denied effective assistance of counsel, he appeals. We affirm.
ISSUES
Sorensen presents the following issues for review:
1. Did trial counsel provide ineffective assistance of counsel in the process of jury selection, when he failed to (a) adequately question the panel; (b) object to or have removed. a juror who could not hear the evidence; and (c) make an objection or an adequate record for appeal concerning the apparently deliberate exclusion of male…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Holloway v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Strauder v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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3Cited by27 opinions
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