Wyo. Stat. § 7-12-201

This is the official text of Wyo. Stat. § 7-12-201, part of Wyoming’s Wyoming Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wyoming, organized into 40+ numbered titles by subject. This particular section falls under Title 7, “Criminal Procedure.”

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Disposition of defendant

Official statutory text

(a) If the judgment of conviction of any defendant committed to a state penal institution is reversed on appeal, the clerk of the supreme court shall forward to the department of corrections and to the administrator of the institution a certified copy of the court's mandate directing the defendant's discharge or a new trial.

(b) Upon receipt of the mandate the director of the department of corrections shall direct the administrator either to discharge the defendant or return the defendant to the county jail of the county in which the defendant was convicted to be held in the custody of the sheriff pending a new trial.

ARTICLE 3 - NEW TRIAL

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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