Opinion ID: 2609791
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Call # 5 (Count III)

Text: Call # 5, like call # 4, was an imminent bomb threat directed at Bethesda and was received and recorded by the Laramie police dispatcher. There was sufficient evidence to identify McCone as the caller in call # 5 based on the tape recording made of the call and Officer Donnelly's identification of McCone as the voice on the tape. In addition, the recording of call # 5 was played to the jury and the jury heard McCone's voice during his testimony. Similar to call # 4, we find that the evidence of call # 5 provides sufficient basis to form an inference of proof beyond a reasonable doubt of the element of reckless disregard of the risk of causing evacuation or a serious public inconvenience. Once again, the threat that a bomb would detonate within an hour at Bethesda made the risk of causing evacuation or serious public inconvenience high; thus, the making of that threat recklessly disregarded that risk. Therefore, we find that sufficient evidence was presented to support the jury's conviction of McCone for call # 5 (Count III).