Legal Opinion

Chavez v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided December 28, 1979No. 5119PublishedCited by 60 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROONEY, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment rendered on a jury verdict finding appellant-defendant guilty of two counts of forgery and one count of habitual criminal. Appellant was sentenced to a prison term of five to ten years on each count of forgery and a term of ten to thirty years on the habitual criminal count, the sentences to run consecutively.

Appellant phrases his contentions of reversible error as follows:

1. “The Appellant was denied due process and effective assistance of counsel when his court appointed attorney made a deal with the State to have one of his other clients…

2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  5. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by60 opinions

  1. Hopkinson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Evans v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Gist v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Pote v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Osborn v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1983

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