Court Opinion

ID: 9614407
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 04:25:12.060709+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:07:30.364528
License: Public Domain

BROWN, Justice,
specially concurring.
I agree that under the circumstances of this case respondent had a substantive right to bail pending appeal. However, the order of the district court apparently failed to consider society’s interest in the matter, specifically, the interest of the community of Lovell. It would not have violated any constitutional rights and would have been in the interests of justice if the order admitting Story to bail had prohibited him from contacting those involved in the trial that resulted in his conviction. Rule 8(c), Wyoming Rules of Criminal Procedure, authorizes the judge to place restrictions on the activities of one being admitted to bail. Respondent should have been prohibited from attempting to contact those involved in his prosecution while at large on bail.