Legal Opinion
Lawson v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided November 9, 2010No. S-09-0061, S-09-0209, S-10-0001PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KITE, Chief Justice.
[T1] A jury found Aubrey Lashawn Lawson guilty of possessing cocaine and methamphetamine with intent to deliver. He appeals, claiming the district court should have granted him a new trial because the prosecutor suppressed exculpatory evidence. He also claims the prosecutor engaged in misconduct by soliciting false testimony. We affirm.
ISSUES
[¶ 2] Mr. Lawson presents two issues for this Court's determination:
I. Did the trial court improperly deny the new trial motion for Brady violations?
II. Did the prosecutor engage in misconduct by eliciting false testimony?
FACTS
[¶ 3] In…
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- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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