Legal Opinion

Miranda Rose Mraz v. The State of Wyoming

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided June 10, 2014No. S-13-0169PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KITE, Chief Justice.

[¶1] A jury found Miranda Rose Mraz guilty of larceny by bailee. She appeals her conviction claiming the district court erred in excluding alternate suspect evidence and giving an improper jury instruction. She also claims the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support the conviction. We conclude the evidence was insufficient to support a guilty verdict; we, therefore, reverse the conviction.

ISSUE

[¶2] The dispositive issue is whether sufficient evidence was presented to support the jury's verdict.

FACTS

[¶3] In July of 2012, the Sheridan County attorney's office…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Bush v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2008
  2. Downs v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Newell v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1976
  4. Wells v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1980
  5. State v. MorrisWyoming Supreme Court · 1929

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Gonzalo Ruiz Cardenas aka Gonzalo Ruiz Cadenas aka Alejandro HernandezWyoming Supreme Court · 2014
  2. Regan v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2015
  3. Trent Breon DeanWyoming Supreme Court · 2014
  4. Zacharia Lee Johnson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2015
  5. William E. Ogden v. The State of WyomingWyoming Supreme Court · 2022

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