Legal Opinion

Mayer v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided October 20, 1980No. 5273PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROONEY, Justice.

After a jury trial, appellant-defendant was convicted of first-degree murder. He appeals from the judgment and life sentence resulting therefrom, contending that: (1) statements made by defendant were improperly admitted into evidence, (2) a post-death photograph of the victim was improperly admitted into evidence, and (3) the trial court improperly refused to instruct the jury to disregard a remark made by the prosecutor in the rebuttal portion of the closing arguments.

We affirm.

ADMISSION OF STATEMENTS INTO EVIDENCE

At about 3:00 a. m. on March 25, 1979, appellant was…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Martinez v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Alcala v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1971

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. Hopkinson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Jahnke v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Browder v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1982
  4. Wilks v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2002
  5. Best v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1987

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