Wyoming Supreme Court· 10/8/1999

Ryan v. State

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988 P.2d 46
1999 Wyo. LEXIS 153
1999 WL 800045

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warning that even testimony that only implicitly invites the jury to infer criminal conduct on the part of the defendant based on described characteristics demands close scrutiny under the character evidence rules
interpreting Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-13-201 “to mean that the district court is not required to establish a minimum term where a life sentence is imposed but was not required by statute.”
\Expert testimony [that] relates to the victim is entirely proper.\
“That [the witness’s] memory proved fallible on one point does not demonstrate the absence of an independent recollection. Her memory of the event as a whole must be considered in ascertaining whether she actually had an independent recollection of the events.”

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Judges: Lehman, Thomas, MacY, Golden, Kalokathis

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