Kerry Kent Taul, Appellant (defendant) v. the State of Wyoming, Appellee (plaintiff)

Summary

The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed Kerry Kent Taul's aggravated robbery conviction and his five-to-seven-year sentence, rejecting all seven issues raised on appeal. The court held that the pretrial photographic identification procedures were not unnecessarily suggestive under the totality of the circumstances, that the prosecutor's cross-examination of defense character witnesses about specific instances of misconduct was proper once the defense opened the door, and that the B.B. gun was adequately authenticated. It further found the eyewitness identification evidence sufficient, no plain error in the prosecutor's closing argument, no abuse of discretion in denying the new-trial motion, and therefore no cumulative error.