Wyoming

The appellants in this case were two minor children who appealed the District Court’s grant of summary judgment for intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The defendant appealed a judgment from the District Court of Wyoming convicting him of one count of assault and battery on a household member. He argued, among other things, that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing the testimony of a convenience store clerk regarding statements the victim made to the clerk under the excited utterance exception to the hearsay rule.

After pleading guilty, the appellant-father was convicted of several counts of sexually abusing his daughter. The appellee-mother filed a petition to terminate the father’s parental rights to the daughter, and the District Court terminated his parental rights pursuant to WY Stat § 14-2-309(a)(iii) and (a)(iv). The Supreme Court of Wyoming upheld the decision.

The appellant-mother challenged an order from the District Court awarding child custody to appellee-father and giving her the same visitation rights that the father had when she had custody. The Supreme Court of Wyoming affirmed the order because the domestic violence suffered by the mother at the hands of her boyfriend, in front of the children, was a change in circumstances that warranted a change in custody to protect their children.

Hat Six Homes, Inc. (the petitioner) challenged the district court's decision affirming an employee's claim for unemployment benefits with the Wyoming Department of Employment, Unemployment Insurance Commission. The district court determined that the employee had quit her employment for good cause under WY Stat § 27-3-311(a)(i) (1997). In this case, the employee left her employment because of sexual harassment and hostile work environment.

The appellant was a former dispatcher with the Cheyenne Police Department. She appealed the summary judgment entered in favor of police officer-appellee, who also employed by the Cheyenne Police Department, on her claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress.

In R.S. v. Department of Family Services, the appellant-father appealed the judgment of the District Court of Sheridan County that terminated his parental rights. The Supreme Court of Wyoming affirmed, as the record provided clear and convincing evidence of abuse and neglect over the child’s lifetime, including evidence that the father caused the child to witness repeated episodes of domestic violence.

The Cody Police Department in Wyoming arrested Sam (the defendant) for violating an order of protection and for driving with a suspended license. The defendant wanted to suppress the fruits of a subsequent motor vehicle search, which uncovered evidence of unrelated drug crimes. The Supreme Court of Wyoming affirmed the judgment and the conviction for the drugs. 

The defendant appealed a district court judgment convicting him of two counts of third-degree sexual assault under WY Stat § 6-2-304(a)(ii) (2005) for incidents involving his 10-year-old daughter. He argued that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions, and that the district court erred in imposing a sentence.