Legal Opinion

Clint D. Watkins v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided November 16, 2016No. S-16-0060PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BURKE, Chief Justice.

[¶1] Appellant, Clint D. Watkins, was convicted of two counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor. On appeal, he claims that prosecutorial misconduct deprived him of a fair trial. We conclude there was no misconduct, and affirm.

ISSUE

[¶2] The sole issue presented by Appellant is whether the prosecutor committed prose-cutorial misconduct during rebuttal argument, impermissibly invading the province of the jury.

FACTS

[¶3] Appellant was charged with two counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree, in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-314(a)(ii) (LexisNexis…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Wilks v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Gayler v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1998
  3. Armstrong v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1992
  4. State v. KennedyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Trujillo v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2002

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3Cited by5 opinions

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  5. David Wayne Hembree v. The State of WyomingWyoming Supreme Court · 2023

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