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WY Stat § 7-5-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 2 - Proceedings|Section 7-5-203 - Right of District Attorney to Appear Before Jury; Presence of Other Persons During Deliberations.

7-5-203. Right of district attorney to appear before jury; presence of other persons during deliberations.| (a) The district attorney, or the deputy or assistant district attorney may appear before the grand jury for the purpose of:  (i) Giving information relative to any matter under inquiry;  (ii) Giving requested advice upon any legal matter; and  (iii) Interrogating witnesses.  (b) No person other than the grand jurors shall be present during the deliberations of the grand jury or when the jurors are voting.
WY Stat § 7-5-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 2 - Proceedings|Section 7-5-204 - Process for Witnesses.

7-5-204. Process for witnesses.| If requested by the grand jury or the district attorney, the clerk of the court in which the jury is impaneled shall issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses to testify before the grand jury.
WY Stat § 7-5-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 2 - Proceedings|Section 7-5-205 - Administration of Oath or Affirmation to Witnesses.

7-5-205. Administration of oath or affirmation to witnesses.| Before any witness is examined by the grand jury, an oath or affirmation shall be administered to him by the foreman.
WY Stat § 7-5-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 2 - Proceedings|Section 7-5-206 - Proceedings Upon Refusal of Witness to Testify.

7-5-206. Proceedings upon refusal of witness to testify.| If a witness appearing before a grand jury refuses, without just cause shown, to testify or provide other information, the district attorney may take the witness before the court for an order directing the witness to show cause why the witness should not be held in contempt. If after hearing the court finds that the refusal was without just cause, and if the witness continues to refuse to testify or produce evidence, the court may hold the witness in contempt subject to the punishment provided by W.S. 1-12-108(a)(ii).
WY Stat § 7-5-207 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 2 - Proceedings|Section 7-5-207 - Secrecy of Indictments Against Persons Not Under Control.

7-5-207. Secrecy of indictments against persons not under control.| The district judge may direct that an indictment shall be kept secret until the defendant is in custody or has given bail, and in that event the clerk shall seal the indictment and no person shall disclose the finding of the indictment except when necessary for the issuance and execution of a warrant or summons.
WY Stat § 7-5-208 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 2 - Proceedings|Section 7-5-208 - Confidentiality.

7-5-208. Confidentiality.| (a) Disclosure of matters occurring before the grand jury, other than its deliberations and the vote of any juror, may be made to the district attorney for use in the performance of his duties. The district attorney may disclose so much of the grand jury's proceeding to law enforcement agencies as he deems essential to the public interest and effective law enforcement.  (b) Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, a juror, attorney, interpreter, stenographer, operator of a recording device or any typist who transcribes recorded testimony may disclose matters occurring before the grand jury only when so directed by the court preliminarily to or in connection with a judicial proceeding or when permitted by the court at the request of the defendant upon a showing that a particularized need exists for a motion to dismiss the indictment because of matters occurring before the grand jury.  (c) No obligation of secrecy may be imposed upon any person except in accordance with this section and W.S. 7-5-207.
WY Stat § 7-5-209 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 2 - Proceedings|Section 7-5-209 - Presentation and Filing of Indictment.

7-5-209. Presentation and filing of indictment.| Indictments found by the grand jury shall be presented by the foreman to the court in the presence of the jury and filed with the clerk.
WY Stat § 7-5-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 3 - State Grand Jury|Section 7-5-301 - Petition for Impaneling; Determination by District Judge.

7-5-301. Petition for impaneling; determination by district judge.| If the attorney general or the governor deems it to be in the public interest to convene a grand jury which shall have jurisdiction extending beyond the boundaries of any single county, he may petition the judge of any district court for an order in accordance with the provisions of W.S. 7-5-301 through 7-5-309. The district judge may, for good cause shown, order the impaneling of a state grand jury which shall have statewide jurisdiction. In making his determination as to the need for impaneling a state grand jury, the judge shall require a showing that the matter cannot be effectively handled by a county grand jury impaneled pursuant to W.S. 7-5-101 through 7-5-209.
WY Stat § 7-5-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 3 - State Grand Jury|Section 7-5-302 - Powers and Duties; Applicable Law; Procedural Rules.

7-5-302. Powers and duties; applicable law; procedural rules.| A state grand jury shall have the same powers and duties and shall function in the same manner as a county grand jury, except for the provisions of W.S. 7-5-202(b)(ii), and except that its jurisdiction shall extend throughout the state. The law applicable to county grand juries shall apply to state grand juries except when the law is inconsistent with the provisions of W.S. 7-5-301 through 7-5-309. The supreme court may promulgate any rules it deems necessary to govern the procedures of state grand juries.
WY Stat § 7-5-303 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 3 - State Grand Jury|Section 7-5-303 - Selection and Term of Members.

7-5-303. Selection and term of members.| The district judge granting the petition to convene a state grand jury shall impanel the state grand jury from a base jury list for the state compiled by the supreme court. The district court judge may specify that the base jury list for the state not include the names of jurors from every county within the state to limit juror expense and inconvenience of travel. A state grand jury shall be composed of twelve (12) persons, but not more than one-half (1/2) of the members of the state grand jury shall be residents of any one (1) county. The members of the state grand jury shall be selected by the court in the same manner as jurors of county grand juries and shall serve for one (1) year following selection unless discharged sooner by the district judge.
WY Stat § 7-5-304 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 3 - State Grand Jury|Section 7-5-304 - Summoning of Jurors.

7-5-304. Summoning of jurors.| Jurors shall be summoned and selected in the same manner as jurors of county grand juries.
WY Stat § 7-5-305 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 3 - State Grand Jury|Section 7-5-305 - Judicial Supervision.

7-5-305. Judicial supervision.| Judicial supervision of the state grand jury shall be maintained by the district judge who issued the order impaneling the grand jury, and all indictments, reports and other formal returns of any kind made by the grand jury shall be returned to that judge.
WY Stat § 7-5-306 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 3 - State Grand Jury|Section 7-5-306 - Presentation of Evidence.

7-5-306. Presentation of evidence.| The presentation of the evidence shall be made to the state grand jury by the attorney general or his designee. In the event the office of the attorney general is under investigation, the presentation of evidence shall be made to the state grand jury by an attorney appointed by the Wyoming supreme court.
WY Stat § 7-5-307 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 3 - State Grand Jury|Section 7-5-307 - Return of Indictment; Designation of Venue; Consolidation of Indictments.

7-5-307. Return of indictment; designation of venue; consolidation of indictments.| Any indictment by the state grand jury shall be returned to the district judge without any designation of venue. Thereupon, the judge shall, by order, designate the county of venue for the purpose of trial. The judge may order the consolidation of an indictment returned by a county grand jury with an indictment returned by a state grand jury and fix venue for trial.
WY Stat § 7-5-308 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 3 - State Grand Jury|Section 7-5-308 - Investigative Powers; Secrecy of Proceedings.

7-5-308. Investigative powers; secrecy of proceedings.| (a) In addition to its powers of indictment, a statewide grand jury impaneled under W.S. 7-5-301 through 7-5-309 may, at the request of the attorney general, cause an investigation to be made into the extent of organized criminal activity within the state and return a report to the attorney general.  (b) Disclosure of matters occurring before the grand jury, other than its deliberations and the vote of any juror, may be made to the attorney general and to any district attorney for use in the performance of their duties. Those officials may disclose so much of the grand jury's proceedings to law enforcement agencies as they deem essential to the public interest and effective law enforcement.  (c) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a juror, attorney, interpreter, stenographer, operator of a recording device or any typist who transcribes recorded testimony may disclose matters occurring before the grand jury only when so directed by the court preliminarily to or in connection with a judicial proceeding or when permitted by the court at the request of the defendant upon a showing that a particularized need exists for a motion to dismiss the indictment because of matters occurring before the grand jury.  (d) No obligation of secrecy may be imposed upon any person except in accordance with this section. The court may direct that an indictment shall be kept secret until the defendant is in custody or has given bail, and in that event, the clerk shall seal the indictment and no person shall disclose the finding of the indictment except when necessary for the issuance and execution of a warrant or summons.
WY Stat § 7-5-309 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 5 - Grand Jury|Article 3 - State Grand Jury|Section 7-5-309 - Costs and Expenses.

7-5-309. Costs and expenses.| The costs and expenses incurred in impaneling a state grand jury and in the performance of its functions and duties shall be paid by the state out of funds appropriated to the attorney general for that purpose.
WY Stat § 7-11-101 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Trial and Matters Incident Thereto|Article 1 - Selection and Challenges of Juries|Section 7-11-101 - Impaneling in Criminal Cases.

7-11-101. Impaneling in criminal cases.| Trial juries for criminal actions in district courts and in circuit courts are formed in the same manner as trial juries in civil actions.
WY Stat § 7-11-102 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Trial and Matters Incident Thereto|Article 1 - Selection and Challenges of Juries|Section 7-11-102 - Trial of Accused.

7-11-102. Trial of accused.| In all criminal cases the jury summoned and impaneled according to the laws relating to the summoning or impaneling of juries in other cases, shall try the accused.
WY Stat § 7-11-103 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Trial and Matters Incident Thereto|Article 1 - Selection and Challenges of Juries|Section 7-11-103 - Peremptory Challenges.

7-11-103. Peremptory challenges.| (a) The defendant may challenge peremptorily, in capital cases, twelve (12) jurors, in other felonies eight (8) jurors, and in misdemeanors four (4) jurors. The prosecution may challenge peremptorily, in capital cases, twelve (12) jurors, in other felonies eight (8) jurors, and in misdemeanors four (4) jurors. The number of peremptory challenges allowed to the prosecution shall be multiplied by the number of defendants on trial in each case. Each defendant shall be allowed separate peremptory challenges.  (b) All challenges made under subsection (a) of this section shall be secret challenges.
WY Stat § 7-11-104 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Trial and Matters Incident Thereto|Article 1 - Selection and Challenges of Juries|Section 7-11-104 - Trial of Challenges for Cause.

7-11-104. Trial of challenges for cause.| Both the defense and the prosecution may challenge jurors for cause prior to the jury being sworn. Challenges for cause shall be tried by the court.
WY Stat § 7-11-105 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Trial and Matters Incident Thereto|Article 1 - Selection and Challenges of Juries|Section 7-11-105 - General Grounds for Challenging Jurors.

7-11-105. General grounds for challenging jurors.| (a) The following is good cause for challenge to any person called as a juror in a criminal case:  (i) That he was a member of the grand jury which found the indictment;  (ii) That he has formed or expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the accused, or is biased or prejudiced for or against the accused;  (iii) In a case in which the death penalty may be imposed, he states that his views on capital punishment would prevent or substantially impair performance of his duties as a juror in accordance with his oath or affirmation and the instructions of the court;  (iv) That he is a relation within the fifth degree to the person alleged to be injured, or attempted to be injured, by the offense charged or to the person on whose complaint the prosecution was instituted, or to the defendant;  (v) That he has served on a petit jury which was sworn in the same cause against the same defendant, and which jury either rendered a verdict which was set aside, or was discharged after hearing the evidence;  (vi) That he has served as a juror in a civil case brought against the defendant for the same act;  (vii) That he has been subpoenaed as a witness in the case.  (b) The same challenges for cause shall be allowed in criminal prosecutions that are allowed to parties in civil cases.
WY Stat § 7-11-106 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Trial and Matters Incident Thereto|Article 1 - Selection and Challenges of Juries|Section 7-11-106 - Opinion Formed From News Reports or Rumors.

7-11-106. Opinion formed from news reports or rumors.| (a) It is not cause for challenge that a person called to act as a juror in a criminal case has formed or expressed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the accused from news media reports or rumor if:  (i) The prospective juror states that he can lay aside his impression or opinion and render a verdict based on the evidence presented in court; and  (ii) The court is satisfied, from the examination of the prospective juror or from other evidence, that he will render an impartial verdict according to the law and the evidence submitted to the jury at trial.
WY Stat § 7-11-107 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Trial and Matters Incident Thereto|Article 1 - Selection and Challenges of Juries|Section 7-11-107 - Oath or Affirmation.

7-11-107. Oath or affirmation.| As soon as the jury is selected an oath or affirmation shall be administered to the jurors providing, in substance, that they and each of them will well and truly try the matter in issue between the state of Wyoming, plaintiff, and the named defendant, and render a true verdict according to the evidence.
WY Stat § 7-11-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Trial and Matters Incident Thereto|Article 2 - Trial|Section 7-11-201 - Order of Proceedings.

7-11-201. Order of proceedings.| (a) After the jury has been impaneled and sworn, the trial shall proceed in the following order:  (i) The counsel for the state shall state the case of the prosecution, and may briefly state the evidence by which he expects to sustain it;  (ii) The defendant or his counsel may then state his defense and may briefly state the evidence he expects to offer in support of it, or may wait until the evidence on the part of the state is closed;  (iii) The state shall first produce its evidence; the defendant will then produce his evidence;  (iv) The state will then be confined to rebutting evidence unless the court, for good reasons, in furtherance of justice, shall permit it to offer evidence in chief;  (v) When the evidence is concluded, either party may request instructions to the jury on the points of law, which shall be given or refused by the court. The instructions shall be reduced to writing;  (vi) Before the argument of the case is begun, the court shall immediately, and before proceeding with other business, charge the jury. The charge shall be reduced to writing by the court, if either party requests it. No charge or instruction provided for in this section, when written or given, shall be orally qualified, modified or explained to the jury by the court. All written charges and instructions, shall be taken by the jury in their retirement and returned with their verdict into court, and shall remain on file with the papers of the case;  (vii) When the evidence is concluded, and the charge given by the court, unless the case is submitted without argument, the counsel for the state shall commence, the defendant or his counsel follow, and the counsel for the state shall conclude the argument to the jury.
WY Stat § 7-11-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Trial and Matters Incident Thereto|Article 2 - Trial|Section 7-11-202 - Presence of Defendant.

7-11-202. Presence of defendant.| Except as otherwise provided by this section, the defendant shall be present at the arraignment, at every stage of the trial, including the impaneling of the jury, and the return of the verdict and at the imposition of sentence. In prosecution for offenses not punishable by death, the defendant's voluntary absence after the trial has been commenced in his presence shall not prevent continuing the trial to and including the return of the verdict. A corporation may appear by counsel for all purposes. In prosecutions of all misdemeanor cases, the court, with the written consent of the defendant, may permit arraignment, plea, and imposition of sentence in a defendant's absence. The defendant's presence is not required at a reduction of sentence hearing.
WY Stat § 7-11-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Trial and Matters Incident Thereto|Article 2 - Trial|Section 7-11-203 - Dismissal for Unnecessary Delay.

7-11-203. Dismissal for unnecessary delay.| If there is unnecessary delay in presenting the charge to a grand jury or in filing an information against a defendant who has been held to answer to the district court, or if there is unnecessary delay in bringing a defendant to trial, the court may dismiss the indictment, information or complaint.
WY Stat § 7-11-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Trial and Matters Incident Thereto|Article 2 - Trial|Section 7-11-204 - Applicability of Civil Procedure Provisions and Rules.

7-11-204. Applicability of civil procedure provisions and rules.| To the extent practicable and when not otherwise specifically provided, procedures relating to conduct of the jury, admonitions of the court and the manner of returning verdicts, shall be governed by the Wyoming Code of Civil Procedure and the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure.
WY Stat § 7-11-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Trial and Matters Incident Thereto|Article 2 - Trial|Section 7-11-205 - Discharge of Jury Before Verdict Without Prejudice.

7-11-205. Discharge of jury before verdict without prejudice.| (a) If a jury is discharged for any of the following reasons before reaching a verdict, the discharge shall be without prejudice to the prosecution:  (i) Sickness of a juror or other accident or calamity requiring discharge of the jury;  (ii) Failure of the jury to return a verdict; or  (iii) Dismissal of the proceeding due to a failure of the complaint, information or indictment to properly charge the offense.
WY Stat § 7-11-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Trial and Matters Incident Thereto|Article 2 - Trial|Section 7-11-206 - Separation of Jury.

7-11-206. Separation of jury.| (a) In the trial of any criminal case to a jury, the court may, except for capital cases allow the jurors to separate during the trial and after the case is submitted to them.  (b) In the trial of any capital case to the jury, the court may, with the consent of the defendant and the district attorney, allow the jurors to separate during the trial and after the case is submitted to them.  (c) If the jurors are permitted to separate, they shall be admonished by the court that they shall not discuss the case with anyone except while deliberating in the jury room, and are not to form or express an opinion except during their deliberations in the jury room.
WY Stat § 7-11-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Trial and Matters Incident Thereto|Article 3 - Mental Illness or Deficiency|Section 7-11-301 - Definitions.

7-11-301. Definitions.| (a) As used in this act:  (i) "Designated examiner" means a licensed psychiatrist, or other physician with forensic training or a licensed psychologist with forensic training;  (ii) "Facility" means the Wyoming state hospital or other facility designated by the court which can adequately provide for the security, examination or treatment of the accused;  (iii) "Mental deficiency" means a defect attributable to intellectual disability, brain damage and cognitive disabilities;  (iv) "This act" means W.S. 7-11-301 through 7-11-307.
WY Stat § 7-11-302 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 7 - Criminal Procedure|Chapter 11 - Trial and Matters Incident Thereto|Article 3 - Mental Illness or Deficiency|Section 7-11-302 - Trial or Punishment of Person Lacking Mental Capacity.

7-11-302. Trial or punishment of person lacking mental capacity.| (a) No person shall be tried, sentenced or punished for the commission of an offense while, as a result of mental illness or deficiency, he lacks the capacity, to:  (i) Comprehend his position;  (ii) Understand the nature and object of the proceedings against him;  (iii) Conduct his defense in a rational manner; and  (iv) Cooperate with his counsel to the end that any available defense may be interposed.