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PUNCHES v. STATE

No. 96-139.

944 P.2d 1131 (1997)

James Eugene PUNCHES, Appellant (Defendant), v. The STATE of Wyoming, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

September 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvia Lee Hackl, State Public Defender; Donna Domonkos, Appellate Counsel; Diane M. Lozano, Assistant Appellate Counsel; Michael Dinnerstein, Director, Wyoming Defender Aid Program; Walter Eggers III, Student Director, and Joseph D. Richer, Student Intern, Wyoming Defender Aid Program, for Appellant.

William U. Hill, Attorney General; Paul S. Rehurek, Deputy Attorney General; D. Michael Pauling, Sr. Assistant Attorney General; Kimberly A. Baker-Musick, Assistant Attorney General; Theodore E. Lauer, Director, Prosecution Assistance Program; Anthony P. Garcia and Susan E. Schell, Student Interns, Prosecution Assistance Program, for Appellee.

Before TAYLOR, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, GOLDEN and LEHMAN, JJ.

GOLDEN, Justice.

Appellant James E. Punches appeals his conviction on one count of incest for which he was sentenced to three and one-half years to five years in prison. He claims inflammatory pretrial publicity and improperly admitted evidence deprived him of a fair trial.

We affirm.

ISSUES

Punches presents these issues for our review:

I. Did the trial court deprive the Appellant of his right to a fair trial by denying the Appellant...

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