Legal Opinion

Sanchez v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided November 4, 1992No. 91-124PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOLDEN, Justice.

The initial focus of our attention is directed to appellant Antonio Sanchez’s claim that he was denied his constitutional right to testify in his own behalf by the insistence of his defense counsel that he not testify. We also address an assertion that defense counsel failed to properly investigate the case and failed to call important witnesses to testify in Sanchez’s behalf, as well as a claim that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction for attempted first degree murder.

We will affirm.

ISSUES

Sanchez initially raised these issues:

I. Was appellant denied…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Rock v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Bouwkamp v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1992
  4. LaVigne v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1991
  5. Roelker v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1991

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Tachibana v. StateHawaii Supreme Court · 1995
  2. State v. SalmonsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1998
  3. State v. ThomasWashington Supreme Court · 1996
  4. State v. ThomasWashington Supreme Court · 1996
  5. Herdt v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1995

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