Wyoming Drunk Driving Case Law
Please find, below, selected case laws decided by Supreme Court of Wyoming or Court of Appeals of Wyoming where the terms dui, dwi, drunk driving, or driving under the influence has been mentioned. These cases are not necessarily criminal cases and may include cases where the facts or court decision merely mentions drunk driving related legal terms. You are not to rely on these cases as legal advice nor should you rely on them for accuracy. Please see Terms of Service.
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Gooden v. State - 12/19/1985
The question to be resolved in this case is one of standing to attack the constitutionality of our statute which prohibits driving while under the influence of alcohol and further provides that charges brought under the statute shall...
Meadows v. State - 11/25/1985
Ted Meadows appeals his aggravated vehicular homicide conviction on due process grounds.
We affirm.
On January 29, 1984, the appellant and a friend, Terry Causby, embarked upon a journey for the purpose of purchasing beer....
Caton v. State - 11/25/1985
In a trial to the court, Patrick Caton was convicted of aggravated homicide by vehicle. His appeal of the conviction presents three questions which we must determine. First, was he denied a speedy trial? Second, does the...
Felske v. State - 9/12/1985
The primary issue in this case is whether the State must establish the voluntary driving of the vehicle and the voluntary consumption of alcoholic beverages in prosecuting a charge of aggravated vehicular homicide under § 31-5-1117(a),...
Hodgins v. State - 9/11/1985
By information filed on January 28, 1983, appellant Gary Hodgins was charged with the crime of aggravated homicide by vehicle under § 31-5-1117(a), W.S. 1977, 1982 Cum.Supp., to which charge he pled not guilty on February 22, 1983. The...
Ellifritz v. State - 8/15/1985
Appellant was convicted by a jury of aggravated homicide by vehicle. In his appeal, he alleges error in the instructions given the jury.
According to appellant, the issue is:
"Whether the Appellant was denied a fair trial...
Walston v. State - 8/8/1985
In this appeal we are asked to decide whether there was sufficient evidence for the jury to find and the trial court to enter judgment finding the appellant guilty of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating...
Olson v. State - 4/11/1985
This appeal is from a conviction of driving while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor in violation of § 31-5-233, W.S. 1977.
We affirm.
Appellant raises the following issues:
"I. Whether or not the trial...
Wheeler v. State - 12/5/1984
Appeal from the District Court, Fremont County, Elizabeth A. Kail, J.
Leonard D. Munker, State Public Defender, Sylvia Lee Hackl, Appellate Counsel, Cheyenne, Gerald M. Gallivan, Director, Wyoming Defender Aid Program, and...
Stanton v. State - 8/22/1984
Appellant appeals from an order denying his motion to expunge the record of a 1981 criminal conviction for forgery.
We affirm.
On May 28, 1981, appellant was sentenced by the district court judge to four months in the Teton...
Armijo v. State - 3/21/1984
The only issue to be resolved in this case is the constitutionality of § 31-5-1117(a), W.S. 1977 (May 1982 Cum.Supp.), which, at the time of the events upon which the appellant's convictions were premised, provided:
"(a) Whoever,...
City of Laramie v. Mengel - 11/4/1983
There are two issues presented in this particular case. The threshold question is whether this court should issue a writ of certiorari to the Municipal Court of the City of Laramie for the purpose of reviewing a ruling of the judges of...
Crum v. City of Rock Springs - 10/15/1982
Appellant was found guilty in municipal court of violating Rock Springs City Ordinance No. 5-157, driving while under the influence of alcohol. He appealed to the District Court for the Third Judicial District, Sweetwater County,...
Gore v. State - 5/15/1981
This case comes to us after a district court jury found the defendant-appellant, Fred Andrew Gore, guilty of manslaughter for the death of his wife, Hazel Ann Gore. The appellant seeks to have the verdict set aside on the grounds that...
Palmeno v. Cashen - 4/22/1981
This is an appeal from an August 21, 1980 judgment awarding appellee $24,814.15 for damages suffered in an automobile accident. The issues raised here involve comparative negligence, imputed negligence, the "Warning Device When Vehicle...
Mayer v. State - 10/20/1980
After a jury trial, appellant-defendant was convicted of first-degree murder. He appeals from the judgment and life sentence resulting therefrom, contending that: (1) statements made by defendant were improperly admitted into evidence,...
Buck v. State - 12/11/1979
This is an appeal from the order of the trial court revoking defendant-appellant's probation and imposing the previously suspended sentence of one to two years. Appellant contends that the trial court abused its discretion by failing...
Peterson v. State - 10/13/1978
Appellant-defendant is before this court convicted by a district court jury of murder in the second degree and under sentence to the Wyoming State Penitentiary for a term of not less than twenty nor more than twenty-one years....
Combined Ins. Co. of America v. Sinclair - 9/1/1978
NATURE OF THE ACTION
This appeal comes from a civil action commenced by Carol Sinclair, in which she asked damages for personal injuries sustained in a two-motor-vehicles accident which occurred at approximately 12...
Thomas v. State - 4/18/1977
Lewis Wilson Thomas, appellant herein, was convicted in the District Court of Natrona County on three counts of manslaughter arising from an automobile accident which occurred on July 13, 1974, resulting in the deaths of Lloyd Earl...
Moore v. State - 11/5/1975
Rehearing Denied December 10, 1975.
This is an appeal from a jury verdict and sentence for negligent homicide and a second count of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. This prosecution...
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