Peterson v. State

RAPER, Justice.

Appellant-defendant is before this court convicted by a district court jury of murder in the second degree 1 and under sentence to the Wyoming State Penitentiary for a term of not less than twenty nor more than twenty-one years. Defendant alleges trial court errors urged as sufficient to mandate reversal in each of the following areas: 1. double jeopardy; 2. diminished capacity; 3. exclusion of evidence; 4. fair trial; and, 5. sentencing. Except for remand for reconsideration of the sentence imposed, we shall affirm.

FACTS

On July 16, 1975, the day of the homicide in question,…