Legal Opinion

DeSersa v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided December 10, 1986No. 86-131PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

URBIGKIT, Justice.

A conviction of attempted burglary raises appeal claims of insufficiency of the evidence and impermissible prosecutorial comment, violating the constitutional right against self-incrimination. We affirm.

Stated issues to be considered are:

1. Sufficiency of the evidence for conviction as a matter of law.

2. Comment of prosecutor in final argument violated defendant’s constitutional rights and required a mistrial then and a reversal now.

FACTS

As generally explained in the background statement in appellant’s brief:

“On July 30, 1985, [the City of] Casper was observing a yearly…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Martin v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
  2. United States v. Robert B. Sutton, United States of America v. Mark A. SucherCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1986
  3. Schmunk v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Crozier v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Broom v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1985

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Scadden v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Hodges v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Capshaw v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1987
  4. Miller v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Janpol v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2008

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