Legal Opinion

Small v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided February 19, 1981No. 5373PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RAPER, Justice.

Pursuant to a plea bargain arrangement 1 , appellant pled guilty to the offense of possession and use of a firearm as one previously convicted of a crime of violence and not pardoned. 2 As a result, he received a sentence of one to three years in the Wyoming State Penitentiary. Appellant’s only assignment of error challenges that sentence as unconstitutional under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution 3 and § 10, Art. I of the Wyoming Constitution. 4 During the oral argument before this court, and before the district court as well, appellant indicated he…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Armijo v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Ochoa v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Tompkins v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1985
  4. State v. MangumCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 2007
  5. Clark v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1987

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