JONES v. STATE

No. 5148.

602 P.2d 378 (1979)

Ralph Douglas JONES, Appellant (Defendant below), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

November 14, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Honaker, Wyoming Public Defender, Cheyenne, for appellant.

John D. Troughton, Atty. Gen., Gerald A. Stack, Deputy Atty. Gen., Crim. Div., and Richard Scott Rideout, Asst. Atty. Gen., Cheyenne, for appellee.

Before RAPER, C.J., and McCLINTOCK, THOMAS, ROSE and ROONEY, JJ.


ROSE, Justice.

This appeal from a criminal conviction and sentence (six to eight years in the Wyoming State Penitentiary for burglary in violation of § 6-7-201(a), W.S. 1977) presents two questions: (1) Did the trial court, under the facts of this case, err in failing to credit appellant with time served prior to his sentencing?, and (2) Did the trial court abuse its discretion in denying appellant probation? We will affirm.

CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED PRIOR...

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