Smith v. State

ROSE, Justice.

The defendant was convicted, following a jury trial, of first-degree murder in violation of § 6-54(a), W.S.1957, 1975 Cum. Supp., and was sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal, essentially two issues are raised: (1) whether the trial court properly denied defendant’s motion to strike certain pretrial and in-court identifications of the murder victim and the defendant; and (2) whether there was sufficient evidence that the crime was committed in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. We answer both questions in the affirmative and will affirm the conviction.

Early in the morning of May…