Wyoming Supreme Court· 10/26/2018

Larkins v. State

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429 P.3d 28

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concluding trial counsel’s decision in agreeing to the joinder of three different cases involving the abuse of multiple children in the defendant’s care was not ineffective
agreeing that joinder was proper for multiple counts of child abuse and one count of abuse of a vulnerable adult where charges involved four victims and occurred on different dates and at different locations
agreeing with district court that varying abuse charges against co-defendants involved same general accusations even though methods of injury differed
in context of prosecutorial misconduct, Court noted difficulty of distinguishing between “probability” and “possibility” and resolved to apply “probability” to prejudice analysis
“In closing arguments, a prosecutor has ‘wide latitude’ to argue the evidence in the record and all reasonable inferences which can be drawn from that evidence.”
“Plain error review is the same regardless of whether the issue involved jury instructions, evidence, or prosecutorial misconduct.”

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Judges: Boomgaarden, Burke, Davis, Fox, Kautz

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