Van Horn v. State

URBIGKIT, Chief Justice.

Appellant argues a municipal peace officer may not execute a municipal bench (arrest) warrant outside the boundaries of that municipality. We agree and reverse appellant’s conviction for interference with a municipal peace officer.

Appellant, Dennis Milo Van Horn, was found guilty of interference with a peace officer and sentenced to fifteen days in the Crook County, Wyoming jail and ordered to pay $850 for the cost of his court-appointed attorney and $50 to the Victims of Crime Compensation Fund.1

The parties stipulate that officers of Moorcroft’s municipal police force…