Crain v. State

HILL, Justice.

[¶ 1] The Appellants in these consolidated cases challenge their convictions for sexual abuse of a minor under the comprehensive 2007 amendments to Wyoming's sexual assault statutes. Although each Appellant articulated the issues in slightly different terms, we deem the following to capture the essence of their claims: (1) Where those amended statutes criminalize sexual abuse of a minor "on a victim who is thirteen (13) through fifteen (15) years of age," does that descriptive phrase include victims who are one day or more past his/her 15th birthday; and, (2) is that descriptive…