Legal Opinion

Ernest Ray Watts v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided March 31, 2016No. S-15-0188PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOX, Justice.

[T1], A jury convicted Ernest Ray Watts of aggravated assault and battery in violation of Wyo. Stat, Ann. § (Lexis-Nexis 2015), as a result of an altercation with his girlfriend, Mr, Watts appeals, arguing that the prosecutor's incorrect statement regarding the presumption of innocence and his attempt to define "reasonable doubt" in his closing argument constituted prosecutorial misconduct, the cumulative effect of which denied him his right to a fair trial, We affirm,. ~

ISSUE

[T2] We adopt the issue statement advanced by Mr. Watts:

Was Mr. Watts denied his right to a fair trial…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Coffin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Martinez v. Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Portuondo v. AgardSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. Commonwealth v. YoungSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  5. Alcala v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1971

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3Cited by23 opinions

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  5. Black v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2017

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