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STATE v. D. OSMUS

No. 2590

73 Wyo. 183 (1954)

276 P.2d 469

THE STATE OF WYOMING, Plaintiff and Respondent vs. DARLENE OSMUS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wyoming

November 16, 1954

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant and appellant the cause was submitted upon the brief and also oral argument of Brooke Wunnicke of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

For the plaintiff and respondent the cause was submitted upon the brief of Howard B. Black, Attorney General; Paul T. Liamos, Jr., Deputy Attorney General; Robert A. McKay, Assistant Attorney General, all of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Raymond B. Whitaker, County and Prosecuting Attorney, Natrona County, Casper, Wyoming, and oral argument of Robert J. Murphy, Deputy County and Prosecuting Attorney of Natrona County, Casper, Wyoming.

OPINION

BLUME, Chief Justice.

In this case the defendant was accused of murder in the first degree for killing her new-born child. She was convicted by a jury of manslaughter. The jury added to the verdict a recommendation of a minimum sentence. The court sentenced her to prison for the minimum period of two years and the maximum period of four years. From that conviction and sentence the defendant has appealed. We should mention, before proceeding further...

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