Opinion ID: 1296862
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: oral sentence versus written sentence

Text: Appellant claims that his rights to have due process and to confront the witnesses against him pursuant to the Sixth Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution were violated because the written sentence altered the sentence which the district court had pronounced at the sentencing hearing. We have said that the record of judgment is not dispositive when it conflicts with the actual sentence imposed orally by the trial judge in open court. Schuler v. State, 668 P.2d 1333, 1341 (Wyo.1983) (citing Lane v. State, 663 P.2d 175 (Wyo.1983)). At the sentencing hearing, the district court stated: THE COURT: Okay. I'm going to make the following findings. I find that the amount of restitution owed is $1,000 to Tyrrell[] Chevrolet, plus $1,760 owed to the insurance company involved in this case. The costs for the witnesses, Court will impose those at $2,491; $360 for jurors. And there was another increment of costs.... I can't recall what that was now. [THE PROSECUTOR]: Just the victim's comp fund, Your Honor. THE COURT: Oh, that's right. $50 to the victim's comp fund. .... THE COURT: The Judgment of this Court will be, you are sentenced to a period of not less than six, nor more than nine years in the Wyoming State Penitentiary. The district court's written sentence stated: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that COURTNEY VAN RIPER is guilty of the crime charged in the Information filed herein and that he be imprisoned and confined in the Wyoming Department of Corrections located at or near the city of Rawlins, Wyoming for a period of not less than six (6) years nor more than nine (9) years ... . . . . . IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that COURTNEY VAN RIPER shall make complete restitution to Tyrrell's Chev[]rolet in the amount of $1,000.00, Universal Underwriters in the amount of $1,760.00, Laramie County District Court Clerk's Office in the amount of $360.00, and State of Wyoming District Attorney's Office in the amount of $2,491.00 for the total sum of $5,611.00 for any items not returned or damage done as a result of this offense; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that COURTNEY VAN RIPER shall pay to the Victim's Compensation Fund . . . the sum of $50.00 ... The terms of the pronounced sentence and the written sentence do not conflict with each other; they are identical. See, e.g., Schuler, 668 P.2d at 1341. Appellant's claim, therefore, has no merit.