Legal Opinion

Young v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided May 30, 2018No. S-17-0179PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KAUTZ, Justice.

[¶1] A jury found Darrell Wayne Young guilty of two counts of first degree sexual abuse of a minor and three counts of second degree sexual abuse of a minor. The district court ordered him to serve five consecutive sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole because he had previously been convicted of a similar offense. On appeal, Mr. Young asserts the district court erred by determining the minor victim, FH, was competent to testify.

[¶2] We affirm.

ISSUE

[¶3] Mr. Young presents a single issue on appeal, which we rephrase:

Did the district court err in finding FH…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Wheeler v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Lancaster v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2002
  3. Commonwealth v. DelbridgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Baum v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Byron Nelson Griggs v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2016

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Winters v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2019
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  3. Jamie Stuart Snyder v. The State of WyomingWyoming Supreme Court · 2021
  4. Jason Arnold Miller v. The State of WyomingWyoming Supreme Court · 2021
  5. George Everette Tamblyn v. The State of WyomingWyoming Supreme Court · 2020

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