Keats v. State

VOIGT, Justice.

[¶ 1] In July 2001, a Campbell County jury convicted appellant, Wade Travis Keats, of first-degree arson in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-3-101 (LexisNexis 2001). The district court sentenced him to a three-to seven-year prison term. On appeal, appellant argues that the district court failed adequately to instruct the jury on the specific intent element of first-degree arson, improperly excluded evidence that appellant was taken into custody pursuant to Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 25-10-101 through 25-10-127 (Lex-isNexis 2001), improperly precluded the jury from considering…