Hatheway v. State

623 P.2d 741 (1981)

Elvis D. HATHEWAY, Appellant (Defendant),

v.

The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

No. 5300.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

February 2, 1981.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1981.

Richard Scott Rideout, Vines, Rideout & Gusea, Cheyenne, signed the brief and appeared in oral argument on behalf of appellant.

John D. Troughton, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Criminal Division, and Sharon A. Lyman, Asst. Atty. Gen., signed the brief of appellee. Lyman appeared in oral argument.

Before ROSE, C.J.[*], and McCLINTOCK, RAPER[**], THOMAS and ROONEY, JJ.

RAPER, Justice.

PART I

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