Johnson v. State

HILL, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] The issues raised by Appellant, Daniel J. Johnson (Johnson), in this case concern the equal protection and the cruel *1238and unusual punishment protections afforded by the Wyoming Constitution, as well as the United States Constitution. Specifically, the instant issues and their implications arise when a defendant is charged with first degree felony murder, which carries a maximum punishment of death (though in this case a mandatory life sentence was imposed), and the underlying felony for that charge is a violation of the child abuse statute, which carries a maximum…