Sam v. State

FOX, Justice.

[¶1] Phillip Sam was 16 years old when he. arranged to meet a group of teens at a park in Cheyenne, Wyoming, armed himself with his mother’s boyfriend’s .40 caliber pistol, and went to the park to wait for the rival group to arrive. As the group approached, Mr. Sam stepped out from' behind a tree and shot repeatedly in the group’s direction, Two young men were injured — one fled and the other fell to the ground. Mr. Sam approached the fallen youth and shot him in the head, a shot which resulted in the youth’s death. A jury found Mr. Sam guilty of one count of first-degree murder,…