Duffy v. State

I. NATURE OF THE APPEAL

In 1984, Scott Lee Duffy, a young man imprisoned in Colorado for burglary, placed and received calls from an ex-girlfriend in Lander, Wyoming. These calls were used to plan the robbery of his widowed grandmother for funds to accomplish his escape in Colorado. At least three people participated in the July 4th break-in and robbery of Duffy’s grandmother. Within twenty-four hours, the ex-girlfriend was talking to the police. In short order, all the criminal participants were behind bars.

As a result of the phone calls from Colorado to Wyoming, Duffy was charged with aiding…