Legal Opinion

Johnson v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1996No. 95-67PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOLDEN, Justice.

Appellant, Arthur George Johnson (Johnson), claims the district court erroneously admitted hearsay statements pursuant to *360Wyo.R.Evid. 804(b)(3) and 804(b)(6) during his criminal trial. The hearsay statements were made by Ronnie Langley (Langley), a codefendant, during Langley’s sentencing hearing, which preceded Johnson’s trial. Later, Langley invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself and was unavailable to testify at Johnson’s trial.

We affirm.

ISSUES

Appellant Johnson presents the issues as:

I. Did the trial court err when it allowed the introduction of…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Idaho v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Williamson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  3. Hopkinson v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1981
  4. United States v. Dale J. Doerr, John Paul Doerr, Josephine Christofalos, Christa D. Pixley, and Archie J. PixleyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
  5. United States v. Milton Edward BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. State v. RobertsWashington Supreme Court · 2000
  2. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  3. Lancaster v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2002
  4. Brown v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Smith v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 2009

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