Keene v. State

GOLDEN, Justice.

William Dean Keene appeals from his conviction on two counts of kidnapping and one count of aggravated robbery, and the enhancement of his sentence on the finding that he is a habitual criminal under W.S. 6-10-201 (June 1988 Repl.). We affirm the aggravated robbery conviction and the application of the habitual offender statute to Keene, but vacate the kidnapping convictions.

Keene presents four arguments and the state responds to each in turn. We use the state’s restatement of the issues for the sake of brevity:

I. Was Appellant properly tried and convicted of kidnapping under…