James Bloomquist, Appellant (defendant) v. the State of Wyoming, Appellee (plaintiff)

Summary

The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed Bloomquist’s aggravated vehicular homicide conviction. It held that admitting an accident-reconstruction officer’s videotaped deposition violated Bloomquist’s confrontation right because vacation plans did not establish witness unavailability, but the error was harmless because the testimony merely corroborated other evidence. The court rejected Bloomquist’s unanimity, ineffective-assistance, sentencing, sufficiency, and cumulative-error claims. No separate opinions were filed.