Legal Opinion

Collins v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided June 11, 1993No. 92-65PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

THOMAS, Justice.

The primary issue to be resolved in this case is whether an encounter involving a police officer and Kelly J. Collins (Collins) amounted to a seizure of Collins, thus implicating his rights under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and Art. 1, § 4 of the Constitution of the State of Wyoming.1 Collateral *690issues are presented including claims there was no factual basis to support the crime of burglary as defined in the statute; the court improperly refused to give the jury an instruction on the lesser included offense of criminal entry; the court…

2Cases cited77 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Florida v. BostickSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Wilson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Lancaster v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2002
  3. McChesney v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Springfield v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Compton v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1997

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