Legal Opinion

Proffit v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided August 29, 2008No. S-07-0210PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VOIGT, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] This is an appeal from a conviction for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, for which conviction the appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole. 1 Finding no error in the challenged evidentiary decisions or the denial of the motion for a change of venue, we affirm.

ISSUES

[¶ 2] 1. Whether the district court abused its discretion or violated the appellant’s constitutional right to confrontation in allowing an investigator to testify, over a hearsay objection, that the murder victim earlier had reported that the appellant…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Dutton v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  4. Giles v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  5. Gleason v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2002

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Byron Nelson Griggs v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2016
  2. Proffit v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2008
  3. Gregory M. Toth v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2015
  4. Garrison v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2018
  5. Mayhew v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2019

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