Legal Opinion

Sanchez v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided July 14, 1977No. 4696PublishedCited by 86 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROSE, Justice.

FACTS

On February 14,1975, at about 5:50 a. m., appellant-Joe Blaz Sanchez, a stranger to Jill Heath, knocked on her door in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She answered and appellant asked to speak to her husband or boyfriend, but she said they weren’t there. Sanchez then asked to use the phone, but Mrs. Heath refused and tried to shut the door, whereupon appellant pushed the door open and entered. Mrs. Heath ran to the phone and began dialing, but Sanchez grabbed the phone and said “Don’t do that.” Mrs. Heath tried to use the phone several more times, but appellant took the phone away from…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  2. United States v. BassSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  3. Lanzetta v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  4. Tot v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  5. State v. WhitlowSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965

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3Cited by86 opinions

  1. Scadden v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Sorenson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Hopkinson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Nehring v. RussellWyoming Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Nimmo v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1979

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