Opinion ID: 2598757
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 13

Heading: Failure to Make Timely Motion for Acquittal

Text: [¶ 31] At the close of the State's case, the trial court prompted counsel to move for judgment of acquittal, apparently before it occurred to counsel to do so. Counsel then made the motion, and it was denied. Likewise, at the close of the evidence, the trial court beat counsel to the punch and stated that any motion for judgment of acquittal was deemed to have been made and denied. [¶ 32] Barkell points to no professional standard that requires counsel to put his pro forma objection on the record before the trial court thinks of it first. His criticism in this regard is at best picayune. We have consistently held that we will not consider claims unsupported by cogent argument or pertinent authority. Madrid v. State, 910 P.2d 1340, 1347 (Wyo.1996). [¶ 33] Barkell also asserts cumulative error in the aggregation of all of the alleged errors. Because this Court finds that there was no error with respect to any one of the allegations, there cannot be cumulative error. Pearson v. State, 12 P.3d 686, 692 (Wyo. 2000). [¶ 34] In his second issue, Barkell claims that he was entitled to remand for an evidentiary hearing on his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, citing Calene v. State, 846 P.2d 679 (Wyo.1993). The present case, however, is more similar to Griswold v. State, 994 P.2d 920, 930-31 (Wyo.1999). Appellant cannot rely on mere allegations and speculation for the purpose of obtaining a remand to develop a record on his claims of ineffective assistance. We previously denied Barkell's Motion for a Partial Remand and, in his appellate brief, he provides no additional facts or argument justifying a remand. Id.