Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

Ken v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 2011No. S-10-0103Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in part

VOIGT, Justice,

concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which GOLDEN, Justice, joins.

[¶39] I join in Justice Golden's opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. I write separately with a few additional comments.

[¶40] First, I agree with Justice Golden that trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to file a motion for new trial. There are two salient facts that should be the focus of this inquiry: First, as noted in the majority opinion, defense counsel's motion for judgment of acquittal was denied because the district court believed there was sufficient evidence from which a…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. United States v. Buenaventura Martinez, Juan Martinez, Jaime B. Salcedo, United States of America v. Manuel Suarez-O'neillCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
  2. United States v. Edward Kuzniar and George PistasCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
  3. Russell v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Trujillo v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Johnson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1996

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