Legal Opinion
Sims v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided April 17, 1972No. 3964PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McINTYRE, Chief Justice.
Craig E. Sims, defendant, was charged with two counts of murder in the first degree in connection with the death of two teenage girls. The victims had been killed by stabbing and their bodies partially buried or hidden near Lander, Wyoming. Sims was 17 years of age at the time the killings took place.
A trial to a jury was had, on change of venue to Washakie County, and the defendant was found guilty of murder in the second degree. The matter is before us on appeal from the conviction and sentence of the trial court.
Three assignments of error are advanced on behalf of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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