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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 5 - Courts › Chapter 13 - Chancery Courts › Article 2 - Clerk › Section 5-13-203 - Duties Generally.

5-13-203. Duties generally.
The clerk shall receive all cases filed with the court and maintain the records of the court. The clerk shall receive, account for and pay over all money that may come into the possession of the court according to law or by rule or order of court. The clerk shall be responsible for publishing the opinions of the court as provided in W.S. 5-13-104(f) and as may be provided for by rule.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 6-1-101 - Short Title; Applicability of Provisions; Conflicting Penalties.

6-1-101. Short title; applicability of provisions; conflicting penalties.
(a) This act may be cited as the Wyoming Criminal Code.
(b) This act does not apply to crimes committed prior to the effective date of this act. Prosecutions for a crime shall be governed by the law in effect on the date when the crime occurred. A crime was committed prior to the effective date of this act if any of the elements of the crime occurred prior to the effective date of this act.
(c) In a case pending on or after the effective date of this act, involving a crime committed prior to the effective date, if the penalty under this act for the crime is different from the penalty under prior law, the court shall impose the lesser sentence.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 6-1-102 - Common-Law Crimes Abolished; Common-Law Defenses Retained.

6-1-102. Common-law crimes abolished; common-law defenses retained.
(a) Common-law crimes are abolished. No conduct constitutes a crime unless it is described as a crime in this act or in another statute of this state. This section does not limit the power of the court to:
(i) Punish for contempt or to employ any sanction authorized by law for the enforcement of an order lawfully entered or a civil judgment or decree; or
(ii) Use case law as an interpretive aid and in the construction of this act.
(b) Common-law defenses are retained unless otherwise provided by this act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 1 - In General › Section 6-1-103 - Civil Recovery for Criminal Act; Conviction as Evidence in Civil Suit.

6-1-103. Civil recovery for criminal act; conviction as evidence in civil suit.
(a) Nothing in this act prevents a party whose person or property is injured by a criminal act from recovering full damages.
(b) No record of a conviction, unless it was obtained by confession in open court, shall be used as evidence in an action brought to recover damages.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 2 - Liability › Section 6-1-201 - Accessory Before the Fact.

6-1-201. Accessory before the fact.
(a) A person who knowingly aids or abets in the commission of a felony, or who counsels, encourages, hires, commands or procures a felony to be committed, is an accessory before the fact.
(b) An accessory before the fact:
(i) May be indicted, informed against, tried and convicted as if he were a principal;
(ii) May be indicted, informed against, tried and convicted either before or after and whether or not the principal offender is indicted, informed against, tried or convicted; and
(iii) Upon conviction, is subject to the same punishment and penalties as are prescribed by law for the punishment of the principal.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 2 - Liability › Section 6-1-202 - Being Under the Influence Not a Defense; Effect Upon Intent; "Self-induced."

6-1-202. Being under the influence not a defense; effect upon intent; "self-induced."
(a) Self-induced intoxication of the defendant is not a defense to a criminal charge except to the extent that in any prosecution evidence of self-induced intoxication of the defendant may be offered when it is relevant to negate the existence of a specific intent which is an element of the crime.
(b) Intoxication is self-induced if it is caused by substances which the defendant knows or ought to know have the tendency to cause intoxication and which he knowingly and voluntarily introduced or allowed to be introduced into his body unless they were introduced pursuant to medical advice. The fact that the defendant is dependent upon the intoxicating substance is not relevant in determining whether his intoxication is self-induced.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 2 - Liability › Section 6-1-203 - Battered Woman Syndrome.

6-1-203. Battered woman syndrome.
(a) The "battered woman syndrome" is defined as a subset under the diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder established in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III - Revised of the American Psychiatric Association.
(b) If a person is charged with a crime involving the use of force against another, and the person raises the affirmative defense of self-defense, the person may introduce expert testimony that the person suffered from the syndrome, to establish the necessary requisite belief of an imminent danger of death or great bodily harm as an element of the affirmative defense, to justify the person's use of force.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 2 - Liability › Section 6-1-204 - Immunity From Civil Action for Justifiable Use of Force; Attorney Fees.

6-1-204. Immunity from civil action for justifiable use of force; attorney fees.
(a) Except as provided by W.S. 6-1-103(a), a person who uses reasonable defensive force pursuant to W.S. 6-2-602 is immune from civil action for the use of the force.
(b) In a civil action filed against a person related to the person's use of defensive force, the person may file a motion with the court asserting that the person used reasonable defensive force under W.S. 6-2-602. Upon the filing of the motion the court shall hold a hearing prior to trial and shall grant the person's motion if he proves by a preponderance of the evidence that he used reasonable defensive force under W.S. 6-2-602.
(c) A court shall award reasonable attorney fees, court costs, compensation for any loss of income and all other expenses incurred by a person in defense of any civil action arising from the person's use of reasonable defensive force pursuant to W.S. 6-2-602 if the court finds that the defendant is immune from civil action under subsection (a) of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 2 - Liability › Section 6-1-205 - Limitations on Criminal Liability for Digital Expression.

6-1-205. Limitations on criminal liability for digital expression.
(a) A digital expression that does not otherwise constitute a crime or subject the person responsible for creating the digital expression to criminal liability under the Wyoming Criminal Code shall not serve as the sole basis for any criminal liability based on the use of that digital expression by another person.
(b) Hosting or storing a digital expression on a computer, computer network or computer system in Wyoming in a manner that does not otherwise constitute a crime or subject the person hosting or storing the digital expression to criminal liability under the Wyoming Criminal Code shall not serve as the sole basis for any criminal liability based on the use of that digital expression by another person.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or prohibit liability for criminal activity merely because the conduct was in part initiated or carried out by means of a digital expression.
(d) As used in this section:
(i) "Digital expression" means an expression that is communicated through source code or a computer program;
(ii) "Computer" means as defined in W.S. 6-3-501(a)(ii);
(iii) "Computer network" means as defined in W.S. 6-3-501(a)(iii);
(iv) "Computer program" means as defined in W.S. 6-3-501(a)(iv);
(v) "Computer software" mean as defined by W.S. 6-3-501(a)(v);
(vi) "Computer system" means as defined in W.S. 6-3-501(a)(vi);
(vii) "Source code" means any form of work used to create or modify a computer program. "Source code" includes:
(A) Instructions and statements expressed in a computer programming language;
(B) Computer programming comments, notes and memoranda;
(C) Design documents and functional specifications for a computer program.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 3 - Inchoate Offenses › Section 6-1-301 - Attempt; Renunciation of Criminal Intention.

6-1-301. Attempt; renunciation of criminal intention.
(a) A person is guilty of an attempt to commit a crime if:
(i) With the intent to commit the crime, he does any act which is a substantial step towards commission of the crime. A "substantial step" is conduct which is strongly corroborative of the firmness of the person's intention to complete the commission of the crime; or
(ii) He intentionally engages in conduct which would constitute the crime had the attendant circumstances been as the person believes them to be.
(b) A person is not liable under this section if, under circumstances manifesting a voluntary and complete renunciation of his criminal intention, he avoided the commission of the crime attempted by abandoning his criminal effort. Within the meaning of this subsection, renunciation of criminal purpose is not voluntary if it is motivated, in whole or in part, by circumstances, not present or apparent at the inception of the person's course of conduct, which increase the probability of detection or apprehension or which make more difficult the accomplishment of the criminal intention. Renunciation is not complete if it is motivated by a decision to postpone the criminal conduct until a more advantageous time or to transfer the criminal effort to another but similar objective or victim.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 3 - Inchoate Offenses › Section 6-1-302 - Solicitation to Commit Felony; Renunciation of Criminal Intention.

6-1-302. Solicitation to commit felony; renunciation of criminal intention.
(a) A person is guilty of solicitation to commit a felony if, with intent that a felony be committed, he commands, encourages or facilitates the commission of that crime under circumstances strongly corroborative of the intention that the crime be committed but the solicited crime is not attempted or committed.
(b) A person is not liable under this section if, after soliciting another person to commit a crime, he persuaded the other person not to do so or otherwise prevented the commission of the crime, under circumstances manifesting a voluntary and complete renunciation of his criminal intention.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 3 - Inchoate Offenses › Section 6-1-303 - Conspiracy; Renunciation of Criminal Intention; Venue.

6-1-303. Conspiracy; renunciation of criminal intention; venue.
(a) A person is guilty of conspiracy to commit a crime if he agrees with one (1) or more persons that they or one (1) or more of them will commit a crime and one (1) or more of them does an overt act to effect the objective of the agreement.
(b) A person is not liable under this section if after conspiring he withdraws from the conspiracy and thwarts its success under circumstances manifesting voluntary and complete renunciation of his criminal intention.
(c) A conspiracy may be prosecuted in the county where the agreement was entered into, or in any county where any act evidencing the conspiracy or furthering the purpose took place.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Article 3 - Inchoate Offenses › Section 6-1-304 - Grading.

6-1-304. Grading.
The penalty for attempt, solicitation or conspiracy is the same as the penalty for the most serious crime which is attempted, solicited or is an object of the conspiracy except that an attempt, solicitation or conspiracy to commit a capital crime is not punishable by the death penalty if the capital crime is not committed.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 1 - Homicide › Section 6-2-101 - Murder in the First Degree; Penalty.

6-2-101. Murder in the first degree; penalty.
(a) Whoever purposely and with premeditated malice, or in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any sexual assault, sexual abuse of a minor, arson, robbery, burglary, escape, resisting arrest, kidnapping or abuse of a child under the age of sixteen (16) years, kills any human being is guilty of murder in the first degree.
(b) A person convicted of murder in the first degree shall be punished by death, life imprisonment without parole or life imprisonment according to law, except that a person convicted of murder in the first degree who was under the age of eighteen (18) years at the time of the offense shall be punished by life imprisonment.
(c) A person convicted of murder in the first degree in a case in which the state seeks the death penalty shall be sentenced in accordance with the provisions of W.S. 6-2-102. In all other cases, including any case in which the state has determined not to seek the death penalty at any stage of the proceeding, the judge shall determine the sentence of life imprisonment without parole or life imprisonment taking into consideration any negotiated plea agreement and any evidence relevant to a determination of sentence which the court deems to have probative value.
(d) A person is guilty of murder in the first degree of an unborn child, punishable as provided for other convictions of murder in the first degree, if:
(i) The person purposely and with premeditated malice, or in the perpetration of, or attempt to perpetrate, any sexual assault, sexual abuse of a minor, arson, robbery, burglary, escape, resisting arrest, kidnapping or abuse of a child under the age of sixteen (16) years, kills or attempts to kill any human being;
(ii) The human being was pregnant with an unborn child; and
(iii) The unborn child dies as a result of the person's actions.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 1 - Homicide › Section 6-2-103 - Review of Death Sentences; Notice From Clerk of Trial Court; Factors to Be Considered by Supreme Court; Disposition of Appeal.

6-2-103. Review of death sentences; notice from clerk of trial court; factors to be considered by supreme court; disposition of appeal.
(a) The judgment of conviction and sentence of death is subject to automatic review by the supreme court of Wyoming within one hundred twenty (120) days after certification by the sentencing court of the entire record, unless the time is extended for an additional period not to exceed sixty (60) days by the supreme court for good cause shown. Such review by the supreme court shall have priority over all other cases.
(b) Within ten (10) days after receiving the transcript, the clerk of the trial court shall transmit the entire record and transcript to the supreme court of Wyoming together with a notice prepared by the clerk and a report prepared by the trial judge. The notice shall set forth the title and docket number of the case, the name of the defendant and the name and address of his attorney, a statement of the judgment, the crime and punishment prescribed. The report shall be in the form of a standard questionnaire prepared and supplied by the supreme court of Wyoming.
(c) The supreme court of Wyoming shall consider the punishment as well as any errors enumerated by way of appeal.
(d) With regard to the sentence, the court shall determine if:
(i) The sentence of death was imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice or any other arbitrary factor;
(ii) The evidence supports the jury's or judge's finding of an aggravating circumstance as enumerated in W.S. 6-2-102 and mitigating circumstances.
(iii) Repealed by Laws 1989, ch. 171, 2.
(e) In addition to its authority regarding correction of errors, the court, with regard to review of death sentences, may:
(i) Affirm the sentence of death;
(ii) Set the sentence aside and impose a sentence of life imprisonment without parole, or life imprisonment; or
(iii) Set the sentence aside and remand the case for resentencing.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 1 - Homicide › Section 6-2-104 - Murder in the Second Degree; Penalty.

6-2-104. Murder in the second degree; penalty.
(a) Except as provided in W.S. 6-2-109, whoever purposely and maliciously, but without premeditation, kills any human being is guilty of murder in the second degree, and shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for any term not less than twenty (20) years, or during life.
(b) A person is guilty of murder in the second degree of an unborn child if:
(i) The person purposely and maliciously, but without premeditation, kills or attempts to kill any human being;
(ii) The human being was pregnant with an unborn child; and
(iii) The unborn child dies as a result of the person's actions.
(c) A person guilty of murder in the second degree of an unborn child shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary for any term not less than twenty (20) years, or during life.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 1 - Homicide › Section 6-2-105 - Manslaughter; Penalty.

6-2-105. Manslaughter; penalty.
(a) A person is guilty of manslaughter if he unlawfully kills any human being without malice, expressed or implied, either:
(i) Voluntarily, upon a sudden heat of passion; or
(ii) Involuntarily, but recklessly except under circumstances constituting a violation of W.S. 6-2-106(b).
(b) Except as provided in W.S. 6-2-109, manslaughter is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than twenty (20) years.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 1 - Homicide › Section 6-2-106 - Homicide by Vehicle; Aggravated Homicide by Vehicle; Penalties.

6-2-106. Homicide by vehicle; aggravated homicide by vehicle; penalties.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person is guilty of homicide by vehicle and shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) or imprisoned in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or both, if he operates or drives a vehicle in a criminally negligent manner, and his conduct is the proximate cause of the death of another person. Evidence of a violation of any state law or ordinance applying to the operation or use of a vehicle or to the regulation of traffic, except for evidence of a violation of W.S. 10-6-103, 31-5-233 and 41-13-206, is admissible in any prosecution under this subsection.
(b) A person is guilty of aggravated homicide by vehicle and shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than twenty (20) years, if:
(i) While operating or driving a vehicle in violation of W.S. 10-6-103, 31-5-233 or 41-13-206, he causes the death of another person and the violation is the proximate cause of the death; or
(ii) He operates or drives a vehicle in a reckless manner, and his conduct is the proximate cause of the death of another person.
(c) The department of transportation shall revoke the license or permit to drive and the nonresident operating privilege of any person convicted of aggravated homicide by vehicle or of homicide by vehicle.
(d) Any person convicted of aggravated homicide by vehicle for causing the death of another person while operating or driving a vehicle in violation of W.S. 31-5-233 shall not be issued an ignition interlock restricted license under W.S. 31-5-233 or 31-7-401 through 31-7-404.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 1 - Homicide › Section 6-2-107 - Criminally Negligent Homicide.

6-2-107. Criminally negligent homicide.
(a) Except under circumstances constituting a violation of W.S. 6-2-106, a person is guilty of criminally negligent homicide if he causes the death of another person by conduct amounting to criminal negligence.
(b) Criminally negligent homicide is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 1 - Homicide › Section 6-2-108 - Drug Induced Homicide; Penalty.

6-2-108. Drug induced homicide; penalty.
(a) A person is guilty of drug induced homicide if:
(i) He is an adult or is at least four (4) years older than the victim; and
(ii) He violates W.S. 35-7-1031(a)(i) or (ii) or (b)(i) or (ii) by unlawfully delivering a controlled substance to a minor and that minor dies as a result of the injection, inhalation, ingestion or administration by any other means of any amount of that controlled substance.
(b) Except as provided in W.S. 6-2-109, drug induced homicide is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than twenty (20) years.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 1 - Homicide › Section 6-2-109 - Sentencing Enhancement for the Homicide of a Pregnant Woman.

6-2-109. Sentencing enhancement for the homicide of a pregnant woman.
(a) Upon sentencing of a defendant who is convicted of an offense pursuant to W.S. 6-2-104(a), 6-2-105 or 6-2-108, if the jury has found that the victim was pregnant at the time of the commission of the offense and that the defendant knew that the victim was pregnant at the time of the commission of the offense, the court shall impose a sentence as follows:
(i) For a conviction of W.S. 6-2-104(a), imprisonment in the penitentiary for any term not less than forty (40) years, or during life; or
(ii) For a conviction of W.S. 6-2-105 or 6-2-108, imprisonment in the penitentiary for any term not less than ten (10) years and not more than thirty (30) years.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 2 - Kidnapping and Related Offenses › Section 6-2-201 - Kidnapping; Penalties; Effect of Release of Victim.

6-2-201. Kidnapping; penalties; effect of release of victim.
(a) A person is guilty of kidnapping if he unlawfully removes another from his place of residence or business or from the vicinity where he was at the time of the removal, or if he unlawfully confines another person, with the intent to:
(i) Hold for ransom or reward, or as a shield or hostage;
(ii) Facilitate the commission of a felony; or
(iii) Inflict bodily injury on or to terrorize the victim or another.
(b) A removal or confinement is unlawful if it is accomplished:
(i) By force, threat or deception; or
(ii) Without the consent of a parent, guardian or other person responsible for the general supervision of an individual who is under the age of fourteen (14) or who is adjudicated incompetent.
(c) If the defendant voluntarily releases the victim substantially unharmed and in a safe place prior to trial, kidnapping is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years.
(d) If the defendant does not voluntarily release the victim substantially unharmed and in a safe place prior to trial, kidnapping is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than twenty (20) years or for life except as provided in W.S. 6-2-101.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 2 - Kidnapping and Related Offenses › Section 6-2-202 - Felonious Restraint; Penalty.

6-2-202. Felonious restraint; penalty.
(a) A person is guilty of felonious restraint if he knowingly:
(i) Restrains another unlawfully in circumstances exposing him to risk of serious bodily injury; or
(ii) Holds another in a condition of involuntary servitude.
(b) Felonious restraint is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 2 - Kidnapping and Related Offenses › Section 6-2-203 - False Imprisonment; Penalties.

6-2-203. False imprisonment; penalties.
(a) A person is guilty of false imprisonment if he knowingly and unlawfully restrains another so as to interfere substantially with his liberty.
(b) False imprisonment is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 2 - Kidnapping and Related Offenses › Section 6-2-204 - Interference With Custody; Presumption of Knowledge of Child's Age; Affirmative Defenses; Penalties.

6-2-204. Interference with custody; presumption of knowledge of child's age; affirmative defenses; penalties.
(a) A person is guilty of interference with custody if, having no privilege to do so, he knowingly:
(i) Takes or entices a minor from the custody of the minor's parent, guardian or other lawful custodian; or
(ii) Fails or refuses to return a minor to the person entitled to custody.
(b) Proof that the child was under the age of majority gives rise to an inference that the person knew the child's age.
(c) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that:
(i) The action was necessary to preserve the child from an immediate danger to his welfare; or
(ii) The child was not less than fourteen (14) years old and the child was taken away or was not returned:
(A) At his own instigation; and
(B) Without intent to commit a criminal offense with or against the child.
(d) Interference with custody is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years if:
(i) The defendant is not a parent or person in equivalent relation to the child; or
(ii) The defendant knowingly conceals and harbors the child or refuses to reveal the location of the child to the parent, guardian or lawful custodian.
(e) Interference with custody which is not punishable under subsection (d) of this section is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 3 - Sexual Assault › Section 6-2-301 - Definitions.

6-2-301. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Actor" means the person accused of criminal assault;
(ii) "Intimate parts" means the external genitalia, perineum, anus or pubes of any person or the breast of a female person;
(iii) "Physically helpless" means unconscious, asleep or otherwise physically unable to communicate unwillingness to act;
(iv) "Position of authority" means that position occupied by a parent, guardian, relative, household member, teacher, employer, custodian, health care provider or any other person who, by reason of his position, is able to exercise significant influence over a person;
(v) "Sexual assault" means any act made criminal pursuant to W.S. 6-2-302 through 6-2-319;
(vi) "Sexual contact" means touching, with the intention of sexual arousal, gratification or abuse, of the victim's intimate parts by the actor, or of the actor's intimate parts by the victim, or of the clothing covering the immediate area of the victim's or actor's intimate parts;
(vii) "Sexual intrusion" means:
(A) Any intrusion, however slight, by any object or any part of a person's body, except the mouth, tongue or penis, into the genital or anal opening of another person's body if that sexual intrusion can reasonably be construed as being for the purposes of sexual arousal, gratification or abuse; or
(B) Sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, analingus or anal intercourse with or without emission.
(viii) "Victim" means the person alleged to have been subjected to sexual assault;
(ix) "Health care provider" means an individual who is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized or permitted by the laws of this state to provide care, treatment, services or procedures to maintain, diagnose or otherwise treat a patient's physical or mental condition;
(x) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 186, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 3 - Sexual Assault › Section 6-2-302 - Sexual Assault in the First Degree.

6-2-302. Sexual assault in the first degree.
(a) Any actor who inflicts sexual intrusion on a victim commits a sexual assault in the first degree if:
(i) The actor causes submission of the victim through the actual application, reasonably calculated to cause submission of the victim, of physical force or forcible confinement;
(ii) The actor causes submission of the victim by threat of death, serious bodily injury, extreme physical pain or kidnapping to be inflicted on anyone and the victim reasonably believes that the actor has the present ability to execute these threats;
(iii) The victim is physically helpless, and the actor knows or reasonably should know that the victim is physically helpless and that the victim has not consented; or
(iv) The actor knows or reasonably should know that the victim through a mental illness, mental deficiency or developmental disability is incapable of appraising the nature of the victim's conduct.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 3 - Sexual Assault › Section 6-2-303 - Sexual Assault in the Second Degree.

6-2-303. Sexual assault in the second degree.
(a) Any actor who inflicts sexual intrusion on a victim commits sexual assault in the second degree if, under circumstances not constituting sexual assault in the first degree:
(i) The actor causes submission of the victim by threatening to retaliate in the future against the victim or the victim's spouse, parents, brothers, sisters or children, and the victim reasonably believes the actor will execute this threat. "To retaliate" includes threats of kidnapping, death, serious bodily injury or extreme physical pain;
(ii) The actor causes submission of the victim by any means that would prevent resistance by a victim of ordinary resolution;
(iii) The actor administers, or knows that someone else administered to the victim, without the prior knowledge or consent of the victim, any substance which substantially impairs the victim's power to appraise or control his conduct;
(iv) The actor knows or should reasonably know that the victim submits erroneously believing the actor to be the victim's spouse;
(v) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 159, 3.
(vi) The actor is in a position of authority over the victim and uses this position of authority to cause the victim to submit;
(vii) The actor is an employee, independent contractor or volunteer of a state, county, city or town, or privately operated adult or juvenile correctional system, including but not limited to jails, penal institutions, detention centers, juvenile residential or rehabilitative facilities, adult community correctional facilities or secure treatment facilities and the victim is known or should be known by the actor to be a resident of such facility or under supervision of the correctional system;
(viii) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 80, 3.
(ix) The actor is an employee or volunteer of an elementary or secondary public or private school who, by virtue of the actor's employment or volunteer relationship with the school, has interaction with the victim who is a student or participant in the activities of the school and is more than four (4) years older than the victim.
(b) A person is guilty of sexual assault in the second degree if he subjects another person to:
(i) Sexual contact or sexual intrusion in the person's capacity as a health care provider in the course of providing care, treatment, services or procedures to maintain, diagnose or otherwise treat a patient's physical or mental condition;
(ii) Sexual contact and causes serious bodily injury to the victim under any of the circumstances listed in W.S. 6-2-302(a)(i) through (iv) or paragraphs (a)(i) through (vii) and (ix) of this section.
(c) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 135, 2.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 3 - Sexual Assault › Section 6-2-304 - Sexual Assault in the Third Degree.

6-2-304. Sexual assault in the third degree.
(a) An actor commits sexual assault in the third degree if, under circumstances not constituting sexual assault in the first or second degree:
(i) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 159, 3.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 159, 3.
(iii) The actor subjects a victim to sexual contact under any of the circumstances of W.S. 6-2-302(a)(i) through (iv) or 6-2-303(a)(i) through (vii) and (ix) without inflicting sexual intrusion on the victim and without causing serious bodily injury to the victim.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 3 - Sexual Assault › Section 6-2-306 - Penalties for Sexual Assault.

6-2-306. Penalties for sexual assault.
(a) An actor convicted of sexual assault under W.S. 6-2-302 through 6-2-304 who does not qualify under the criteria of subsection (b) or (d) of this section shall be punished as follows:
(i) Sexual assault in the first degree under W.S. 6-2-302 is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than five (5) years nor more than fifty (50) years;
(ii) Sexual assault in the second degree under W.S. 6-2-303 is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than two (2) years nor more than twenty (20) years;
(iii) Sexual assault in the third degree under W.S. 6-2-304 is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than fifteen (15) years;
(iv) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 135, 2.
(b) An actor who is convicted of sexual assault under W.S. 6-2-302 through 6-2-304, who has previously been convicted of any crime containing the same or similar elements as the crimes defined in W.S. 6-2-302 through 6-2-304 and who does not qualify under the criteria of subsection (d) of this section shall be punished as follows:
(i) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 159, 3.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 159, 3.
(iii) Sexual assault in the first or second degree under W.S. 6-2-302 or 6-2-303 is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not less than twenty-five (25) years or for life; or
(iv) Sexual assault in the third degree under W.S. 6-2-304 is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years.
(c) Repealed By Laws 1997, Ch. 135, 2; 2007, Ch. 159, 3.
(d) An actor who is convicted of sexual assault under W.S. 6-2-302 through 6-2-304, or sexual abuse of a minor under W.S. 6-2-316 through 6-2-317, shall be punished by life imprisonment without parole if the actor has two (2) or more previous convictions for any of the following designated offenses, which convictions resulted from charges separately brought and which arose out of separate occurrences in this state or elsewhere and which convictions were for offenses committed after the actor reached the age of eighteen (18) years of age:
(i) A crime defined in W.S. 6-2-302 through 6-2-304 or a criminal statute from another jurisdiction containing the same or similar elements as a crime defined by W.S. 6-2-302 through 6-2-304.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 1997, ch. 135, 2.
(iii) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 159, 3.
(e) An actor who is convicted of sexual abuse of a minor under W.S. 6-2-314 or 6-2-315 shall be punished by life imprisonment without parole if the actor has one (1) or more previous convictions for a violation of W.S. 6-2-302 through 6-2-304, 6-2-314 or 6-2-315, or a criminal statute containing the same or similar elements as the crimes defined by W.S. 6-2-302 through 6-2-304, 6-2-314 or 6-2-315, which convictions resulted from charges separately brought and which arose out of separate occurrences in this state or elsewhere and which convictions were for offenses committed after the actor reached the age of eighteen (18) years of age.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 3 - Sexual Assault › Section 6-2-307 - Evidence of Marriage as Defense.

6-2-307. Evidence of marriage as defense.
(a) The fact that the actor and the victim are married to each other is not by itself a defense to a violation of W.S. 6-2-302(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) or 6-2-303(a)(i), (ii), (iii), (vi) or (vii).
(b) Consent of the victim is not a defense to a violation of W.S. 6-2-303(a)(vii) or 6-2-304(a)(iii).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 3 - Sexual Assault › Section 6-2-308 - Criminality of Conduct; Victim's Age.

6-2-308. Criminality of conduct; victim's age.
(a) Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, if criminality of conduct in this article depends on a victim being under sixteen (16) years of age, it is an affirmative defense that the actor reasonably believed that the victim was sixteen (16) years of age or older.
(b) If criminality of conduct in this article depends upon a victim being under twelve (12) years or under fourteen (14) years, it is no defense that the actor did not know the victim's age, or that he reasonably believed that the victim was twelve (12) years or fourteen (14) years of age or older, as applicable.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 3 - Sexual Assault › Section 6-2-312 - Evidence of Victim's Prior Sexual Conduct or Reputation; Procedure for Introduction.

6-2-312. Evidence of victim's prior sexual conduct or reputation; procedure for introduction.
(a) In any prosecution under this article or for any lesser included offense, if evidence of the prior sexual conduct of the victim, reputation evidence or opinion evidence as to the character of the victim is to be offered the following procedure shall be used:
(i) A written motion shall be made by the defendant to the court at least ten (10) days prior to the trial stating that the defense has an offer of proof of the relevancy of evidence of the sexual conduct of the victim and its relevancy to the defense;
(ii) The written motion shall be accompanied by affidavits in which the offer of proof is stated;
(iii) If the court finds the offer of proof sufficient, the court shall order a hearing in chambers, and at the hearing allow the questioning of the victim regarding the offer of proof made by the defendant and other pertinent evidence;
(iv) At the conclusion of the hearing, if the court finds that the probative value of the evidence substantially outweighs the probability that its admission will create prejudice, the evidence shall be admissible pursuant to this section. The court may make an order stating what evidence may be introduced by the defendant, which order may include the nature of the questions to be permitted.
(b) This section does not limit the introduction of evidence as to prior sexual conduct of the victim with the actor.
(c) Any motion or affidavit submitted pursuant to this section is privileged information and shall not be released or made available for public use or scrutiny in any manner, including posttrial proceedings.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 3 - Sexual Assault › Section 6-2-313 - Sexual Battery.

6-2-313. Sexual battery.
(a) Except under circumstances constituting a violation of W.S. 6-2-302 through 6-2-304, 6-2-314 through 6-2-317 or 6-2-502, an actor who unlawfully subjects another person to any sexual contact is guilty of sexual battery.
(b) Sexual battery is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 3 - Sexual Assault › Section 6-2-314 - Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the First Degree; Penalties.

6-2-314. Sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree; penalties.
(a) An actor commits the crime of sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree if:
(i) Being sixteen (16) years of age or older, the actor inflicts sexual intrusion on a victim who is less than thirteen (13) years of age;
(ii) Being eighteen (18) years of age or older, the actor inflicts sexual intrusion on a victim who is less than eighteen (18) years of age, and the actor is the victim's legal guardian or an individual specified in W.S. 6-4-402;
(iii) Being eighteen (18) years of age or older, the actor inflicts sexual intrusion on a victim who is less than sixteen (16) years of age and the actor occupies a position of authority in relation to the victim.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person convicted under subsection (a) of this section is subject to imprisonment for not more than fifty (50) years, unless the person convicted qualifies under W.S. 6-2-306(e).
(c) A person convicted under paragraph (a)(i) of this section, where the actor is at least twenty-one (21) years of age, is subject to imprisonment for not less than twenty-five (25) years nor more than fifty (50) years, unless the person convicted qualified under W.S. 6-2-306(e).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 3 - Sexual Assault › Section 6-2-315 - Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Second Degree; Penalties.

6-2-315. Sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree; penalties.
(a) Except under circumstance constituting sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree as defined by W.S. 6-2-314, an actor commits the crime of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree if:
(i) Being seventeen (17) years of age or older, the actor inflicts sexual intrusion on a victim who is thirteen (13) through fifteen (15) years of age, and the victim is at least four (4) years younger than the actor;
(ii) Being sixteen (16) years of age or older, the actor engages in sexual contact of a victim who is less than thirteen (13) years of age;
(iii) Being eighteen (18) years of age or older, the actor engages in sexual contact with a victim who is less than eighteen (18) years of age and the actor is the victim's legal guardian or an individual specified in W.S. 6-4-402; or
(iv) Being eighteen (18) years of age or older, the actor engages in sexual contact with a victim who is less than sixteen (16) years of age and the actor occupies a position of authority in relation to the victim.
(b) A person convicted under subsection (a) of this section is subject to imprisonment for not more than twenty (20) years, unless the person convicted qualifies under W.S. 6-2-306(e).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 3 - Sexual Assault › Section 6-2-316 - Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Third Degree.

6-2-316. Sexual abuse of a minor in the third degree.
(a) Except under circumstance constituting sexual abuse of a minor in the first or second degree as defined by W.S. 6-2-314 and 6-2-315, an actor commits the crime of sexual abuse of a minor in the third degree if:
(i) Being seventeen (17) years of age or older, the actor engages in sexual contact with a victim who is thirteen (13) through fifteen (15) years of age, and the victim is at least four (4) years younger than the actor;
(ii) Being twenty (20) years of age or older, the actor engages in sexual intrusion with a victim who is either sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age, and the victim is at least four (4) years younger than the actor, and the actor occupies a position of authority in relation to the victim;
(iii) Being less than sixteen (16) years of age, the actor inflicts sexual intrusion on a victim who is less than thirteen (13) years of age, and the victim is at least three (3) years younger than the actor; or
(iv) Being seventeen (17) years of age or older, the actor knowingly takes immodest, immoral or indecent liberties with a victim who is less than seventeen (17) years of age and the victim is at least four (4) years younger than the actor.
(b) A person convicted under subsection (a) of this section is subject to imprisonment for not more than fifteen (15) years.
(c) A person charged with violating the provisions of paragraph (a)(iii) of this section shall be subject to the original jurisdiction of the juvenile court, except the matter may be transferred to the district court having jurisdiction of the offense as provided in W.S. 14-6-237.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 3 - Sexual Assault › Section 6-2-317 - Sexual Abuse of a Minor in the Fourth Degree.

6-2-317. Sexual abuse of a minor in the fourth degree.
(a) Except under circumstance constituting sexual abuse of a minor in the first, second or third degree as defined by W.S. 6-2-314 through 6-2-316, an actor commits the crime of sexual abuse of a minor in the fourth degree if:
(i) Being less than sixteen (16) years of age, the actor engages in sexual contact with a victim who is less than thirteen (13) years of age, and the victim is at least three (3) years younger than the actor; or
(ii) Being twenty (20) years of age or older, the actor engages in sexual contact with a victim who is either sixteen (16) or seventeen (17) years of age, and the victim is at least four (4) years younger than the actor, and the actor occupies a position of authority in relation to the victim.
(b) A person convicted under subsection (a) of this section is subject to imprisonment for not more than five (5) years.
(c) A person charged with violating the provisions of paragraph (a)(i) of this section shall be subject to the original jurisdiction of the juvenile court, except the matter may be transferred to the district court having jurisdiction of the offense as provided in W.S. 14-6-237.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 6 - Crimes and Offenses › Chapter 2 - Offenses Against the Person › Article 3 - Sexual Assault › Section 6-2-318 - Soliciting to Engage in Illicit Sexual Relations; Penalty.

6-2-318. Soliciting to engage in illicit sexual relations; penalty.
Except under circumstances constituting sexual assault in the first, second or third degree as defined by W.S. 6-2-302 through 6-2-304, or sexual abuse of a minor in the first, second, third or fourth degree as defined by W.S. 6-2-314 through 6-2-317, anyone who has reached the age of majority and who solicits, procures or knowingly encourages anyone less than the age of fourteen (14) years, or a person purported to be less than the age of fourteen (14) years, to engage in sexual intrusion as defined in W.S. 6-2-301 is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than five (5) years.