Legal Opinion

Ortega v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided September 25, 1998No. 97-114PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TAYLOR, Justice.

Appellant, convicted of interference with a peace officer, contests the admission of certain portions of his jail record and the denial of a proffered self-defense jury instruction. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

I. ISSUES

Appellant, Richard A. Ortega (Ortega), presents two issues for review:

Issue I.

Did the trial court abuse its discretion when it refused to allow Appellant to assert his claim of privilege in his medical records and failed to hold an in camera inspection of materials [the] State sought to enter into evidence?

Issue II.

Did the trial court commit…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Best v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Bouwkamp v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Hodges v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Barnes v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Oien v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1990

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3Cited by10 opinions

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  5. Iseli v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2007

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