Legal Opinion

Buszkiewic v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided August 23, 2018No. S-17-0293PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KAUTZ, Justice.

[¶1] A jury found Jacob Alan Buszkiewic guilty of two counts of strangulation of a household member. Mr. Buszkiewic asserts the prosecutor made several statements during closing argument that amounted to misconduct and deprived him of a fair trial.

[¶2] Finding no error, we affirm.

ISSUES

[¶3] Mr. Buszkiewic states the following issues on appeal:

I. Did the prosecutor's repeated use of the "golden rule" argument subvert the objectivity of the jury and materially prejudice Mr. Buszkiewic?

II. Did the prosecutor's repeated reference to the complaining witness as being the "victim,"…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Hopkinson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Browder v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Burton v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2002
  4. English v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Mazurek v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2000

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3Cited by18 opinions

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