Legal Opinion

Ryan v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided October 8, 1999No. 98-279PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KALOKATHIS, District Judge.

Convicted of murdering his wife, Appellant alleges numerous errors deprived him of his right to a fair trial. While we find that Appellant was impermissibly profiled by expert testimony, the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. As none of Appellant’s other contentions are meritorious, we affirm.

I.ISSUES

Appellant, Roy Dale Ryan (Ryan), presents eight issues for our review:

I. Did the trial court deprive Appellant of his constitutional right to a fair trial when it told the prospective jurors that appellant was there because he murdered his wife?

II. Did the…

2Cases cited61 opinions

  1. Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  3. California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  5. Maryland v. CraigSupreme Court of the United States · 1990

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3Cited by50 opinions

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