Legal Opinion

Raigosa v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided April 11, 1977No. 4669PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RAPER, Justice.

Defendant-appellant was found guilty of second degree murder by a jury of a six-year old child under § 6-55, W.S.1957, and sentenced to a period of not less than 25 nor more than 35 years in the Wyoming State Penitentiary. From the judgment and sentence he has prosecuted this appeal, asserting three points of error: (1) the district court improperly admitted statements and confessions made by him following arrest; *1012(2) the district court improperly admitted opinion evidence as to cause of death; (3) the district court improperly denied submission of three requested jury…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  4. Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by55 opinions

  1. State v. PersingerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Jones v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Cullin v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
  5. Vigil v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977

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