Legal Opinion

Proffit v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided September 30, 2008No. S-07-0257PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VOIGT, Chief Justice.

[11] The appellant raises five issues in the appeal of his conviction on eight counts of third-degree sexual assault 1 Finding numerous prejudicial errors in the proceedings below, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

ISSUES

[12] 1. Did plain error oceur when a State witness testified that the appellant refused to take a polygraph test and terminated the interview by asking for an attorney?

2. Did plain error occur when the prosecutor committed misconduct by:

a. Cross-examining the appellant by asking whether other witnesses were lying?

b. Cross-examining the appellant by…

2Cases cited55 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. GravesSupreme Court of Iowa · 2003
  3. State v. SinghSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
  4. State v. ToshSupreme Court of Kansas · 2004
  5. Gleason v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2002

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3Cited by38 opinions

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  4. Mersereau v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2012
  5. Dharminder Vir Sen v. The State of WyomingWyoming Supreme Court · 2013

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