Legal Opinion

Steven W. Vaught v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided January 20, 2016No. S-15-0130PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIS, Justice.

[¶1] Steven Vaught appeals convictions for two counts of first-degree sexual assault under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-302(a)(ii) and one count of kidnapping under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-201(a)(iii), (d) 1 We affirm.

ISSUES

[¶2] Vaught raises two issues relating to jury instructions, which we condense as follows: ~

I. Did the district court commit plain error by failing to instruct the jury 'that confinement would not support a kidnapping conviction unless it was separate from and not merely an incident of the sexual assaults? 2 «

II. Did the district court's reply to a question from the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. McCoyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
  2. Snow v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2009
  3. State v. MorrisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1968
  4. Commonwealth v. RiveraMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  5. Gilbert Ortiz, Jr. v. The State of WyomingWyoming Supreme Court · 2014

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3Cited by19 opinions

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