Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Cook v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided November 20, 1992No. 91-100, 91-101Published

1Concurrence

URBIGKIT, Justice,

specially concurring.

I join in the cogently-reasoned decision of Justice Car dine and the concurrence of Justice Golden. I continue in my consistent opinion that Birr v. State, 744 P.2d 1117 (Wyo.1987), cert. denied 496 U.S. 940, 110 S.Ct. 3224, 110 L.Ed.2d 671 (1990) is wrong and that this court should determinatively follow the well-reasoned co-actor cases of Garcia v. State, 774 P.2d 623 (Wyo.1989) and Schultz v. State, 751 P.2d 367, 371 (Wyo.1988), Urbigkit, J., specially concurring.

In my perception, Birr misunderstands and misapplies Blockburger v. United States, 284…

2Cases cited96 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Grady v. CorbinSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  4. Ex Parte LangeSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
  5. Schmuck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989

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