Opinion ID: 2461900
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Heading: Did the district court abuse its discretion by failing to grant the appellant's motion for a new trial?

Text: [¶ 8] We review the denial of a motion for new trial, including a motion based upon alleged prosecutorial misconduct, for an abuse of discretion. Lawson v. State, 2010 WY 145, ¶ 19, 242 P.3d 993, 1000 (Wyo. 2010); Schafer v. State, 2008 WY 149, ¶ 21, 197 P.3d 1247, 1251 (Wyo.2008). Similarly, the decision whether or not to grant a hearing upon the filing of a motion for new trial is within the sound discretion of the district court; the district court may deny a motion for new trial without a hearing when all that is necessary for disposition is already in the record. Best v. State, 769 P.2d 385, 389 (Wyo.1989). An abuse of discretion occurs when the district court could not reasonably have concluded as it did. Schafer, 2008 WY 149, ¶ 21, 197 P.3d at 1252.