Wyatt L. Bear Cloud v. The State of Wyoming

DONNELL, District Judge.

[11] This is the second time we have considered Appellant Wyatt Bear Cloud's appeal from his conviction for murder in the first degree (felony murder), in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-10l(a) (LexisNexis 2009). 1 In the first appeal, this Court held that Mr. Bear Cloud's sentence of life imprisonment for first-degree murder, mandated by Wyoming Statute § 6-2-101(b), was constitutional under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Bear Cloud v. State, 2012 WY 16, 275 P.3d 377 (Wyo. 2012), reh'g denied (Mar. 6, 2012) (hereinafter "Bear Cloud I ").…