Leonard v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of four counts of sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree and was sentenced to thirteen to fifteen years on each count, to be served consecutively. The Supreme Court affirmed on appeal. Appellant subsequently filed a pro se motion for sentence reduction pursuant to Wyo. R. Crim. P. 35(b) requesting that the district court merge his sentences on the grounds that all of the charges stemmed from the same offense and therefore violated the prohibition against double jeopardy. The district court denied the motion. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Appellant’s claim was barred by res judicata because he failed to present his double jeopardy claim in his initial appeal.
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