Gentry v. State

Lex est norma recti: law is the rule of right.

The issue in this case is court rejection of the constitutional rights of due process, fair hearing and equal protection by denial of a reasonable opportunity to defend a criminal charge. Ancillary, but of substantive importance, are the civil and criminal Wyoming pretrial notice rules and whether they are rendered meaningless in governing the management of criminal trials.

This is not just the normal continuance case, where the significant witness miraculously appears on Friday for a Monday trial; at issue here is the full scope of opportunity to…