Legal Opinion

Wilks v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided July 3, 2002No. 01-51PublishedCited by 79 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KITE, Justice.

[T1] A jury convicted Ryan Wilks of see-ond-degree murder for the shooting death of a Pizza Hut delivery woman. This case comes before us as a writ of review 1 of Mr. Wilks' judgment and sentence. He claims multiple evidentiary errors, prosecutorial misconduct, insufficient evidence, and an excessive sentence. Finding either no error or harmless error in connection with his trial and sentence, we affirm.

ISSUES

[12] Mr. Wilks presents these issues for our review:

I. Did the trial court err in allowing victim impact testimony and victim impact argument from the prosecution?

II. Did…

2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Vaughn v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Martin v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1986
  3. People v. HoveyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
  4. People v. ThompsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
  5. Schmunk v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1986

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3Cited by79 opinions

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