Legal Opinion

Hamill v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided December 5, 1997No. 96-252PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TAYLOR, Chief Justice.

Appellant challenges the district court’s denial of his second motion to correct an illegal sentence. Finding that the issue raised on appeal is barred by the doctrine of res judicata, we affirm.

I. ISSUES

Appellant, Anthony R. Hamill (Hamill), asserts four issues in this pro se appeal;

I. Whether the trial court abused [its] discretion by applying the doctrine of res judicata where the issue had never been raised in any court nor has the issue been decided on the merits.

II. Whether the trial court abused [its] discretion by assuming to retroactively apply a law that was in…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Bishop v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Cutbirth v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1988
  3. Capwell v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Hamill v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1979
  5. Kallas v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1989

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. Bitz v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Mead v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Lee v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Carothers v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2008
  5. Kappen v. KappenWyoming Supreme Court · 2015

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