Title 6 — Title 6 — Crimes And Offenses
12 chapters · 299 sections in this title.
W.S. § 6-1-101 Short title; applicability of provisions; conflicting penalties
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Short title; applicability of provisions; conflicting penalties. (a) This act may be cited as the Wyoming Criminal Code. (b) This act does not apply to crimes committed prior to the effective date of this act. Prosecutions for a crime shall be governed by the law in effect on the…
W.S. § 6-1-102 retained
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retained. Common-law crimes abolished; common-law defenses (a) Common-law crimes are abolished. No conduct constitutes a crime unless it is described as a crime in this act or in another statute of this state. This section does not limit the power of the court to: (i) Punish for …
W.S. § 6-1-103 Civil recovery for criminal act; conviction as evidence in civil suit
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Civil recovery for criminal act; conviction as evidence in civil suit. (a) Nothing in this act prevents a party whose person or property is injured by a criminal act from recovering full damages. (b) No record of a conviction, unless it was obtained by confession in open court, s…
W.S. § 6-1-201 Accessory before the fact
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Accessory before the fact. (a) A person who knowingly aids or abets in the commission of a felony, or who counsels, encourages, hires, commands or procures a felony to be committed, is an accessory before the fact. (b) An accessory before the fact: (i) May be indicted, informed a…
W.S. § 6-1-202 Being under the influence not a defense; effect upon intent; "self-induced." (a) Self-induced intoxication of the defendant is not a defense to a criminal charge except to the extent that in any prose
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Being under the influence not a defense; effect upon intent; "self-induced." (a) Self-induced intoxication of the defendant is not a defense to a criminal charge except to the extent that in any prosecution evidence of self-induced intoxication of the defendant may be offered whe…
W.S. § 6-1-203 Battered woman syndrome
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Battered woman syndrome. (a) The "battered woman syndrome" is defined as a subset under the diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder established in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III - Revised of the American Psychiatric Association. (b) If a person …
W.S. § 6-1-204 Immunity from civil action for justifiable use of force; attorney fees
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Immunity from civil action for justifiable use of force; attorney fees. (a) Except as provided by W.S. 6-1-103(a), a person who uses reasonable defensive force pursuant to W.S. 6-2-602 is immune from civil action for the use of the force. (b) In a civil action filed against a per…
W.S. § 6-1-205 expression
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expression. Limitations on criminal liability for digital (a) A digital expression that does not otherwise constitute a crime or subject the person responsible for creating the digital expression to criminal liability under the Wyoming Criminal Code shall not serve as the sole ba…
W.S. § 6-1-206 Artificial intelligence; liability and defense
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Artificial intelligence; liability and defense. (a) Nothing in the Wyoming Criminal Code shall be construed to prohibit the application of this code against activity facilitated by an artificial intelligence system. (b) The use of an artificial intelligence system by a person to …
W.S. § 6-1-104 (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, evidence that reasonable efforts have been made to preserve and reunify the family is not required in any case in which the court determines an
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(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, evidence that reasonable efforts have been made to preserve and reunify the family is not required in any case in which the court determines any one (1) or more of the following by clear and convincing evidence: (i) The par…
W.S. § 6-1-301 (a) Attempt; renunciation of criminal intention
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(a) Attempt; renunciation of criminal intention. A person is guilty of an attempt to commit a crime if: (i) With the intent to commit the crime, he does any act which is a substantial step towards commission of the crime. A "substantial step" is conduct which is strongly corrobor…
W.S. § 6-1-302 Solicitation to commit felony; renunciation of criminal intention
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Solicitation to commit felony; renunciation of criminal intention. (a) A person is guilty of solicitation to commit a felony if, with intent that a felony be committed, he commands, encourages or facilitates the commission of that crime under circumstances strongly corroborative …
W.S. § 6-1-303 venue
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venue. Conspiracy; renunciation of criminal intention; (a) A person is guilty of conspiracy to commit a crime if he agrees with one (1) or more persons that they or one (1) or more of them will commit a crime and one (1) or more of them does an overt act to effect the objective o…
W.S. § 6-1-304 Grading
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Grading. The penalty for attempt, solicitation or conspiracy is the same as the penalty for the most serious crime which is attempted, solicited or is an object of the conspiracy except that an attempt, solicitation or conspiracy to commit a capital crime is not punishable by the…