March 17, 2023 Update — Governor Mark Gordon (R) signed SEA No. 0094 into law today. Accordingly, starting July 1, 2023, first-time, nonviolent felons may
Author: Ryan Semerad
The Fourth Amendment and Private Businesses
On February 8, 2023, Oil City News published a story about a Casper police sergeant who faced a disciplinary suspension for entering a private business
Following Bruen, Fifth Circuit Strikes Down Federal Law Prohibiting People Subject to Protection Orders From Possessing Firearms
Update July 4, 2023: On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Government’s petition for certiorari in Rahimi and will review this decision
Wyoming Supreme Court Clarifies When Miranda Advisements are Required
As discussed in this post, police are only required to give suspects those classic Miranda advisements that we’ve all heard on TV if the suspect
From SCOTUS: State and Feds Both Have Power to Prosecute “Non-Indians” in Indian Country
On June 29, 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision that upended “centuries of tradition and practice” concerning the prosecution of crimes
Wyoming Supreme Court Expands “Castle Doctrine”
(Source: Demeester, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) SNAPSHOT Wyoming’s castle doctrine protects force used to protect against intruders or would-be intruders near vehicles
Justice for Cowboys 