Court Opinion

ID: 9789455
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 01:36:36.280583+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:22.511903
License: Public Domain

URBIGKIT, Justice,
concurring.
I concur. Additionally, pursuant to Art. 1, § 6 of the Wyoming Constitution, relating to rights of a defendant to be distinguished from responsibilities for representation by counsel when derived from any diligent inquiry, I would hold that the motion for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence should have been granted by the trial court. Plain error and violation of basic constitutional protection should not be eclectically distinguished in application of undenied rights for a fair trial or the availability of fundamental justice.
Sometimes the pathway to that constitutionally provided opportunity for justice can be more clearly perceived in retrospective contemplation, and consequently the inadequacy of desired signal lamps should not be chargeable primarily to the accused.