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State v. Guinn

Supreme Court of Wyoming
Mar 31, 1931
297 P. 808 (Wyo. 1931)

Opinion

No. 1689

March 31, 1931

APPEAL from District Court, Niobrara County; CYRUS O. BROWN, Judge.

Frank A. Barrett, Thomas O. Miller and Thomas M. Fagan for defendant and appellant.

No briefs.

Cause submitted on behalf of the State on the brief of James A. Greenwood, Attorney General; Richard J. Jackson, Deputy Attorney General, and Geo. W. Ferguson, Assistant Attorney General, of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

The only reference to a judgment and sentence against the appellant found in the record is contained at page 111. It states that Bar Docket No. 1, contains the following: "May 27, 1930 — Sentence not to exceed ten years in reformatory at Worland. Appeal bond fixed at $1,000.00."

This is insufficient to show a judgment and sentence by the court. All judgments and orders must be entered on the journal of the court, and specify the relief granted or order made. 5900 C.S. The record is insufficient and the appeal should be dismissed.


The State's motion to dismiss the appeal must be sustained. A record on appeal must contain a certified copy of the judgment or order appealed from. Sec. 6406, W.C.S. 1920. This appeal purports to be from the judgment imposing sentence upon a verdict of guilty in a criminal prosecution. The record contains no copy of the judgment, nor anything to show that a judgment has been entered. There is a certificate that "Bar Docket No. 1" contains the following: "May 27, 1930. Sentence not to exceed ten years in reformatory at Worland. Appeal bond fixed at $1000." This entry evidently is merely a memorandum or minute of the judge and not the entry of the judgment. See Barnett v. Bankers Finance Ass'n., 38 Wyo. 511, 268 P. 1025; Lawer v. Kline, 41 Wyo. 167, 282 P. 1061.

Appeal dismissed.

Dismissed.


Summaries of

State v. Guinn

Supreme Court of Wyoming
Mar 31, 1931
297 P. 808 (Wyo. 1931)
Case details for

State v. Guinn

Case Details

Full title:STATE v. GUINN

Court:Supreme Court of Wyoming

Date published: Mar 31, 1931

Citations

297 P. 808 (Wyo. 1931)
297 P. 808

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