Cosco v. State

James C. Smith, a guard at the Wyoming State Penitentiary, was severely beaten by two inmates. Louis D. Cosco, one of the two inmates, was charged and convicted by a jury of aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He has appealed such conviction from the district court to our court.

Several questions are raised by appellant relative to procedures concerning the defendant’s insanity pleas. First, it is suggested the trial court should have ordered a current psychiatric examination of defendant. The record discloses, however, that the accused was given a psychiatric evaluation…