The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed a sexual-abuse conviction, clarifying when a defense theory implies fabrication and permits prior consistent statements under Rule 801(d)(1)(B).
The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed an award of primary physical custody to a father, holding that caregiver status and sibling unity did not outweigh supported safety and co-parenting concerns.
The Wyoming Supreme Court publicly censured an attorney for a pattern of missed appearances, inadequate preparation, deficient filings, and untimely responses.
The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed a second-degree murder conviction, clarified sufficiency review, rejected plain error in a transferred-intent instruction, and retained Strickland for state constitutional ineffective-assistance claims.
The Wyoming Supreme Court held that a post-competency trial setting complied with Rule 48 because the delay served the due administration of justice, Martinez had notice, and he suffered no substantial prejudice.
The Wyoming Supreme Court held that approved accommodations supported knowing and voluntary Alford pleas, and that no informed assistant was mandated.
The Wyoming Supreme Court held that a court need not explain a Rule 35(b) denial in detail and that rehabilitation alone does not require a sentence reduction.
The Wyoming Supreme Court held that primary elections receive state constitutional protection but upheld the 96-day party-affiliation deadline under a balancing approach.
The Wyoming Supreme Court held that vested business shares acquired during marriage remain divisible marital property even when their distributions and sale proceeds arrive after divorce.
The Wyoming Supreme Court held that DFS shortcomings did not undermine a parental-rights termination where the mother knew the reunification requirements and left an independent statutory ground unchallenged.
The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld a hospital’s medical-malpractice defense verdict, ruling that a threshold special-verdict question about inappropriate touching was proper and required no additional definition.
The Wyoming Supreme Court held that clear and convincing evidence supported terminating a father’s parental rights under the 15-of-22-month foster-care ground because he remained unfit to meet his child’s needs.
The Wyoming Supreme Court upheld a statutory private road but struck unsupported repair and truck restrictions, clarifying necessity, route selection, and damages.
The Wyoming Supreme Court held that a county board lacked substantial evidence to downgrade a home’s condition rating and reinstated the assessor’s valuation.
The Wyoming Supreme Court held that outdated teacher-salary and inflation funding violated equal protection, but narrowed the trial court’s broader school-funding remedies.
The Wyoming Supreme Court held that time spent jailed on independent Iowa charges did not count toward a Wyoming sentence and declined to review a later counsel order that was not identified in a notice of appeal.
The Wyoming Supreme Court held that jail time already credited to a probation-revocation sentence did not have to be credited again in two separate felony cases.
The Wyoming Supreme Court held that Brown waived a new dog-sniff suppression theory and upheld the admission of coded drug-related messages under Rule 404(b).
The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed an injunction barring an LLC manager from acting for the company, while holding that the trial court’s contract ruling remains preliminary.
The Wyoming Supreme Court held that witness intimidation is a specific-intent conduct offense, affirmed Walker’s convictions, and remanded to correct illegal misdemeanor sentences.
The Wyoming Supreme Court held that asking a child to touch an adult’s exposed genitals can support attempted sexual exploitation under the statute’s masturbation category.
The Wyoming Supreme Court held that a documented, multi-step search satisfied the diligence required for substituted service under the nonresident-motorist statute and affirmed a $154,661.25 default judgment.
The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed the denial of a new trial because substantial independent evidence defeated prejudice from counsel’s alleged errors.
The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed civil-contempt sanctions after a former husband frustrated a court-ordered joint tax filing, clarifying willfulness, inability to comply, and compensatory remedies.