Legal Opinion

Bird v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided January 30, 2002No. 01-95PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HILL, Justice.

[T1] Chester Bird (Bird) appeals a district court denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence based on his contention that the prior convictions underlying his habitual *431criminal conviction were constitutionally infirm, We find that Bird's claim was not proper under W.R.Cr.P. 35(a) and dismiss the appeal.

[T2] In his pro se brief Bird raises one issue on appeal:

Did the trial court err in ruling that appellant's prior convictions were constitutional?

The State substantially agrees with Bird's characterization of the issue:

Did the district court err in denying the "motion to…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. MeierNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1989
  2. Bird v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Evans v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Bird v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1997

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Chester Loyde Bird v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2015
  2. Joseph Newton Best v. The State of WyomingWyoming Supreme Court · 2022
  3. Steven David Lunden v. The State of WyomingWyoming Supreme Court · 2013
  4. Cameron Curtis HagenWyoming Supreme Court · 2014
  5. Matthew Harl Majhanovich v. The State of WyomingWyoming Supreme Court · 2021

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