Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided August 3, 2011No. S-10-0241PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BURKE, Justice.

[T1] Appellant, Christopher - Wardell Jones, pled guilty to a third battery against a household member. He appeals the district court's Judgment and Sentence, contending that Wyo. Stat. Ann. § (ii), which prescribes the punishment for that crime, is unconstitutionally vague. We affirm.

ISSUE

[12] Appellant presents the following issue:

Is W.S. § 6-2-501()(ii) void and unconstitutionally ambiguous as it is uncertain and susceptible to more than one meaning?

FACTS

[T8] On January 18, 2010, Appellant, his girlfriend, and the couple's daughter were driving to a friend's house. On the…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Parker v. LevySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. United States v. PetrilloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  4. United States v. National Dairy Products Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Nash v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1913

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