Otte v. State

RAPER, Justice,

dissenting in part and concurring in part, with whom THOMAS, Justice joins.

I dissent in part and concur in part.

*1367Dissent — Blackmail

I dissent from the holding that the crime of blackmail was not supported by the record. The potential result is that the majority has effectively aborted the usefulness of Wyoming’s blackmail statute when a blackmail threat has been intercepted by means of police intervention. Law enforcement officers, for the purposes of pursuing a blackmail offense in the making, may not now take the known victim into their confidence. This removes a necessary…