Legal Opinion

Cooper v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided December 12, 2018No. S-18-0113Published

1Opinion of the Court

GRAY, Justice.

[¶ 1] Appellant Timothy Cooper appeals a district court order denying his motion for sentence reduction. We affirm.

ISSUES

[¶ 2] Mr. Cooper raises two issues which we restate as:

I. Does the Addicted Offender Accountability Act require the release of a qualified offender after he completes treatment while serving a prison sentence?

II. Did the district court abuse its discretion when it denied Mr. Cooper's motion for sentence reduction?

FACTS

[¶ 3] In 2014, Mr. Cooper was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 35-7-1031(c)(ii)…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Reiter v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Duke v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2009
  3. Boucher v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2012
  4. Janpol v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2008
  5. Clarissa Dawn Hart v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2016

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