Evans v. State

ROONEY, Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty of the crimes of attempted (§ 6-1-201, W.S.1977, Cum.Supp.1982) first degree sexual assault (§ 6-4-302(a)(i), W.S.1977) and of aiding and abetting (§ 6-1-114, W.S.1977) first degree sexual assault. He appeals from the resulting judgment and sentence, wording the only issue on appeal as follows:

“Whether Appellant was denied his constitutionally guaranteed right to a fair trial by an impartial jury through the state’s use of premptory [sic] challenges to exclude minorities from the petit jury.”

We affirm.

Appellant is a black man. He does not…