Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1976No. 4635PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ARMSTRONG, District Judge, Retired.

Defendant was convicted by a jury on October 29, 1975, of two counts of burglary and one count of receiving stolen goods all on July 24, 1975, in Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming. Defendant was sentenced on November 19, 1975, to serve four to six years on each count to be served concurrently. He appeals to this Court on four grounds:

1. That his arrest was illegal because the arresting officer in Montana did not have an arrest warrant nor probable cause.

2. The search of his residence was illegal and the consent to search given by defendant’s wife was coerced…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  5. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. State v. SlockbowerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1979
  2. Ostrowski v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Jandro v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Porth v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1994
  5. Vargas-Rocha v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1995

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