Whitfield v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing probation may “unduly depreciate the seriousness of the charged offense” (citation omitted)
• the defendant “had accumulated numerous traffic violations which included eight speeding citations and one charge of driving under the influence”
• public safety is a justification for prison sentence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sampsell v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2001-02-02· cited 23×
• Nellis v. Wyoming Department of Transportation
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1997-02-12· cited 18×
• Cohee v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2005-04-15· cited 17×
• Santana Mendoza v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2016-03-09· cited 15×
• Joshua James Anderle v. The State of Wyoming
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2022-12-22· cited 12×
• Bloomer v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2009-06-12· cited 6×
• Chester Loyde Bird v. Robert O. Lampert, in his official capacity as Director of the Wyoming Department of Corrections
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2021-01-22· cited 3×
• Green v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1992-02-03