Seymore v. State

VOIGT, Chief Justice.

[11] This is an appeal from an escape conviction. The appellant contends that the jury was improperly instructed and that the prosecutor committed misconduct during the trial. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

FACTS

[T2] On December 24, 2003, during probation revocation proceedings in another matter, the appellant was ordered into placement with Frontier Corrections System (FCS) in Cheyenne, Wyoming. As part of the FCS intake process, the appellant signed an "understanding of escape" form that advised him of the types of actions considered by FCS to constitute…