| 1 | 1 | | 2025 |
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| 2 | 2 | | STATE OF WYOMING |
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| 3 | 3 | | 25LSO-01281HB0052 |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE BILL NO. HB0052 |
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| 5 | 5 | | State's right of appeal in criminal cases. |
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| 6 | 6 | | Sponsored by: Joint Judiciary Interim Committee |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL |
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| 8 | 8 | | for |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1 AN ACT relating to criminal procedure; establishing a right |
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| 10 | 10 | | 2 of appeal for the state in criminal cases as specified; |
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| 11 | 11 | | 3 providing requirements and limitations for the state to |
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| 12 | 12 | | 4 appeal in criminal cases; and providing for an effective |
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| 13 | 13 | | 5 date. |
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| 14 | 14 | | 6 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 7 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 8 |
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| 17 | 17 | | 9. W.S. 7-12-105 is created to read: |
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| 18 | 18 | | 10 |
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| 19 | 19 | | 11 |
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| 20 | 20 | | 12 |
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| 21 | 21 | | 13 (a) The state may, as a matter of right, appeal from |
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| 22 | 22 | | 14 the following orders and judgments: |
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| 23 | 23 | | 15 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01282HB00521 (i) A final judgment of dismissal of an |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2 indictment or information or any count thereof, including a |
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| 25 | 25 | | 3 dismissal of a felony information following a decision not |
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| 26 | 26 | | 4 to bind the defendant over for trial; |
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| 27 | 27 | | 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 6 (ii) An order before trial that suppresses any |
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| 29 | 29 | | 7 evidence, including physical or identification evidence or |
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| 30 | 30 | | 8 evidence of a confession or admission; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 10 (iii) An order granting a motion to withdraw a |
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| 33 | 33 | | 11 plea of guilty or no contest; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | 13 (iv) An order arresting or modifying a judgment |
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| 36 | 36 | | 14 of conviction; |
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| 37 | 37 | | 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 16 (v) An order terminating the prosecution because |
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| 39 | 39 | | 17 of a finding of double jeopardy or the denial of a speedy |
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| 40 | 40 | | 18 trial; |
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| 41 | 41 | | 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 20 (vi) An order granting a new trial; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 21 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 22 (vii) An order holding a statute or any part of |
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| 45 | 45 | | 23 a statute invalid; 2025STATE OF WYOMING25LSO-01283HB00521 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2 (viii) An order adjudicating that a defendant is |
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| 47 | 47 | | 3 incompetent or has a mental illness or deficiency that |
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| 48 | 48 | | 4 makes the defendant unfit to proceed; |
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| 49 | 49 | | 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 6 (ix) An order adjudicating that a defendant |
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| 51 | 51 | | 7 lacks the requisite mental capacity for the execution of |
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| 52 | 52 | | 8 the defendant under W.S. 7-13-902; |
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| 53 | 53 | | 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | 10 (x) An order finding that a sentence is illegal |
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| 55 | 55 | | 11 or that corrects an illegal sentence; |
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| 56 | 56 | | 12 |
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| 57 | 57 | | 13 (xi) An order dismissing a charge under W.S. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 14 6-2-602. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 15 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 16 (b) In addition to any appeal permitted under |
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| 61 | 61 | | 17 subsection (a) of this section, the state may seek |
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| 62 | 62 | | 18 discretionary appellate review of any interlocutory order |
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| 63 | 63 | | 19 entered before jeopardy attaches. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 20 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 21. This act is effective July 1, 2025 |
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| 66 | 66 | | 22 |
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| 67 | 67 | | 23 (END) |
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