Slaughter v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Justice.
Appellant-defendant was convicted by a Natrona County jury of two counts of burglary. Appellant, David Slaughter, appeals his conviction alleging that the jury was not adequately instructed on the presumption of innocence.
We will affirm.
On appeal, appellant urges a single assignment of error as follows:
“The trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury as to the presumption of innocence, as explained in appellant’s offered Instruction D, and thereby denied appellant due process of law by depriving him of his right to a fair trial.”
At the trial appellant offered Instruction…
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