Legal Opinion

Barnes v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided August 6, 1993No. 92-198PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*524CARDINE, Justice.

This case results from a brutal, senseless beating causing the death of a little five-year-old girl and the subsequent setting of a fire to conceal the crime by burning her body. Appellant Mark Steven Barnes appeals from an amended judgment and sentence on a jury verdict convicting him of second degree murder in violation of W.S. 6-2-104 (1988)1 and first degree arson for violation of W.S. 6-3-101 (1988).2 Appellant received consecutive sentences of 30 to 50 years and five to seven years to be served in the state prison.

We affirm.

The issues presented in this appeal, as stated…

2Cases cited54 opinions

  1. Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Booth v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. State v. RichmondArizona Supreme Court · 1976
  4. United States v. Stephen Roderick McRaeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  5. Broncucia v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1977

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3Cited by48 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MeansSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  2. Mehring v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1993
  3. Schreibvogel v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2010
  4. Taul v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Campbell v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2000

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