Court Opinion

ID: 9405431
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Date Created: 2023-06-28 15:18:39.994197+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:20:22.047153
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IN THE SUPREME COURT, STATE OF WYOMING

                                       2023 WY 66

                                                                  April Term, A.D. 2023

                                                                       June 28, 2023

 KRISTINA MARIE LARSON,

 Appellant
 (Defendant),

 v.                                                 S-23-0085

 THE STATE OF WYOMING,

 Appellee
 (Plaintiff).

                    ORDER AFFIRMING THE DISTRICT COURT’S
                ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR SENTENCE REDUCTION
[¶1] This matter came before the Court upon its own motion following the filing of
Appellant’s pro se brief. Appellant took this appeal to challenge the district court’s
February 14, 2023, Order Denying Motion for Reduction of Sentence.

[¶2] On May 23, 2023, Appellant’s court-appointed appellate counsel e-filed a Motion
to Withdraw as Counsel, pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744, 87 S.Ct.
1396, 1400, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967). This Court subsequently entered an Order Granting
Motion for Extension of Time to File Pro Se Brief. This Court permitted Appellant to file
a pro se brief specifying the issues she would like the Court to consider in this appeal. This
Court also provided notice that, after the time for filing a pro se brief expired, this Court
would make its ruling on counsel’s motion to withdraw and, if appropriate, make a final
decision on this appeal. Appellant filed a pro se brief June 16, 2023.

[¶3] Now, following a careful review of the pro se brief, the record, and the Anders brief
submitted by appellate counsel, this Court finds that appellate counsel’s motion to
withdraw should be granted and the district court’s Order Denying Motion for Reduction
of Sentence should be affirmed. It is, therefore,
[¶4] ORDERED that the Wyoming Public Defender’s Office, court-appointed counsel
for Appellant Kristina Marie Larson, is hereby permitted to withdraw as counsel of record
for Appellant; and it is further

[¶5] ORDERED that the Carbon County District Court’s February 14, 2023, Order
Denying Motion for Reduction of Sentence, be, and the same hereby is, affirmed.

[¶6]   DATED this 28th day of June, 2023.

                                               BY THE COURT:

                                               /s/

                                               KATE M. FOX
                                               Chief Justice