Wyman v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Hardesty, C.J.:

In 2007, a jury convicted appellant Catherine Wyman of second-degree murder for the 1974 killing of her three-year-old adopted son. In this opinion, we address two of the issues that Wyman presents on appeal.

First, we address Wyman’s challenge to the district court’s denial of her motion to dismiss the complaint based on the preindictment delay. After establishing that this court will review a district court’s denial of a motion to dismiss based on preindictment delay for an abuse of discretion, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its…