Legal Opinion

Mirich v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided April 20, 1979No. 5005PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RAPER, Chief Justice.

The appellant-defendant appeals from the judgment and sentence of the district court finding him guilty of burglary in violation of § 6-129, W.S.1957, now § 6-7-201, W.S.1977. 1 He asserts as errors: “No evidence was presented [at trial] to establish an intent to steal”, and the district court’s failure “to instruct on the relationship of the evidence to a lesser offense increased the significance of the lack of evidence of intent to steal.”

We shall affirm.

The defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. We approach this assertion of error in light of our…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Vigil v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Smith v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
  3. State v. SternWyoming Supreme Court · 1974
  4. State v. AllnuttSupreme Court of Iowa · 1968
  5. Stuebgen v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1976

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Broom v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Jennings v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Lane v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2000
  4. State v. BrooksUtah Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Bush v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1995

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