Slaughter v. State

4 Citing cases

  1. State v. Holmes

    338 N.W.2d 104 (S.D. 1983)   Cited 5 times

    "[T]rial judges should not get caught up in sophisticated reasoning employed by other courts in order to determine when the failure to give a presumption of innocence instruction is violative of the Constitution. Give the instruction as you have always done. . . ." Slaughter v. State, 630 P.2d 517, 520 (Wyo. 1981). The judgment is affirmed.

  2. Bloomer v. State

    2010 WY 88 (Wyo. 2010)   Cited 13 times

    The cases cited by Bloomer do not establish a clear-cut rule of law, constitutional or otherwise, mandating that the jury be instructed on the presumption of innocence in every criminal trial. See Kentucky v. Whorton, 441 U.S. 786, 99 S.Ct. 2088, 60 L.Ed.2d 640 (1979) ( per curiam); Taylor v. Kentucky, 436 U.S. 478, 98 S.Ct. 1930, 56 L.Ed.2d 468 (1978), and Slaughter v. State, 630 P.2d 517 (Wyo. 1981). To the contrary, the United States Supreme Court determined in Whorton that a criminal defendant is not automatically entitled to an instruction on the presumption of innocence, and that the failure to give one does not in and of itself violate the constitution.

  3. Bustos v. State

    2008 WY 37 (Wyo. 2008)   Cited 9 times

    Finally, we note that the jury was instructed that statements of counsel were not to be considered as evidence, and we assume that juries follow the court's instructions. Doherty, 2006 WY 39, ¶ 28, 131 P.3d at 972; DeJulio v. Foster, 715 P.2d 182, 187 (Wyo. 1986); Eckert v. State, 680 P.2d 478, 485 (Wyo. 1984); Slaughter v. State, 630 P.2d 517, 519 (Wyo. 1981). [¶ 18] In his brief, the appellant opines that:

  4. State v. Holmes

    464 N.W.2d 612 (S.D. 1990)   Cited 2 times

    In my dissent in the 1983 [Timothy J.] Holmes case, which dissent was heeded by our State Legislature, I quoted an old 1895 case which is worth mentioning again, concerning the presumption of innocence, that "The history of this presumption can be traced from Deuteronomy through Roman law, English Common Law and the common law of the United States." Coffin v. United States, 156 U.S. 432, 15 S.Ct. 394, 403, 39 L.Ed. 481 (1895); Slaughter v. State, 630 P.2d 517 (Wyo. 1981). Biblical is its root.