Legal Opinion

Britton v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided April 21, 1982No. 5617PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Justice.

Mr. Britton was convicted after a jury trial of violating § 6-4-302, W.S. 1977, first-degree sexual assault. He appeals from the conviction, alleging error in the trial court’s failure to give a proposed instruction, and alleging error in the trial court’s charge to the jury before deliberations were to begin.

We will affirm.

I

Appellant presented his proposed Instruction A both at pretrial conference and at the close of the evidence. The trial judge refused to give the proposed instruction, and appellant objected. He does not argue plain error on appeal, as he apparently thinks…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Hampton v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Scheikofsky v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Daellenbach v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Goodman v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Campbell v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1979

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3Cited by34 opinions

  1. Ostrowski v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Story v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
  3. Westmark v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Weaver v. MitchellWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Pote v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1985

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