DUFFY v. STATE

Nos. 91-52, 91-61.

837 P.2d 1047 (1992)

Scott DUFFY, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Wyoming, Respondent. Scott DUFFY, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin J. McClain, Tallahassee, Fla., for Scott Duffy.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Sylvia Lee Hackl, Deputy Atty. Gen., Jennifer L. Gimbel, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Larry M. Donovan, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Before MACY, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, URBIGKIT, MACY and GOLDEN, JJ.


THOMAS, Justice.

The key issue in this case is whether Scott Lee Duffy (Duffy) was the victim of ineffective assistance by his appointed trial counsel who allegedly failed to advise him of the prospect of consecutive sentencing prior to the entry of his pleas of guilty. Duffy has endeavored to structure a cause célèbre by claiming that the prime issue is deprivation of his right to counsel at a critical stage of the proceedings. He was brought into...

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