Opinion ID: 2366743
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Text: [¶ 4] On April 4, 2009, Mr. Daves and the victim were in the process of getting a divorce. Mr. Daves told the victim that he was going to return some of her jewelry, so she agreed to meet with him. He picked her up at her residence in Laramie because it was storming and the road conditions were poor. They went to a coffee shop, and he returned some of her jewelry. He told her that the rest of her jewelry was buried with his dead parakeet near an access area on the Laramie River. She agreed to accompany him to the access area to retrieve the jewelry. [¶ 5] While they were at the access area, Mr. Daves pulled a gun and forced her to perform oral sex on him. He then decided that he would take her to a motel. They went to two different motels because the first one did not have any available rooms. At both places, he hid the gun in his clothing and took the victim into the motel office with him. He told her to act normal, while they were in the motel offices so that people would not get suspicious. Once they were in the motel room, he put the gun next to him on the bed. He forced her to remove her clothes and have sexual intercourse with him. During that encounter, he put the gun on the table. [¶ 6] After the second sexual assault, he again aimed the gun at her. He also told her that somebody was going to die that night. Mr. Daves sexually assaulted the victim two more times. During the course of the night, he alternately pointed the gun at her and himself, threatening to commit suicide in her presence. He also threatened to kill the victim's boyfriend. At some point he put the gun in its case, but then directed her to get it out of the case and kill him with it. He finally dropped her off at her residence the next morning, after she promised to meet him later at a park. He stated, Do not deceive me. Do not make me use this gun. [¶ 7] As soon as she arrived home, the victim told her parents about the assaults and they summoned the police. When the officers attempted to contact Mr. Daves at the camper trailer where he was residing, he took off in his vehicle. After leading the officers on a chase over the icy back roads outside of Laramie, he eventually surrendered. [¶ 8] The State charged Mr. Daves with one count of aggravated assault and battery in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-502(a)(iii) (LexisNexis 2009), one count of possession of a deadly weapon with unlawful intent in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-8-103 (LexisNexis 2009), four counts of first degree sexual assault in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-302(a)(ii) (LexisNexis 2009), five counts of use of a firearm while committing a felony in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-8-101(a) (LexisNexis 2009), and one count of kidnapping in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-201(a)(ii) (LexisNexis 2009). After a jury trial, he was convicted on all twelve charges. The district court sentenced him to serve a lengthy term of incarceration. Mr. Daves appealed.