Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-108 (2026)

Drug induced homicide; penalty.

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(a)   A person is guilty of drug induced homicide if:

          (i) He is an adult or is at least four (4) years
older than the victim; and

          (ii) He violates W.S. 35-7-1031(a)(i) or (ii) or
(b)(i) or (ii) by unlawfully delivering a controlled substance
to a minor and that minor dies as a result of the injection,
inhalation, ingestion or administration by any other means of
any amount of that controlled substance.

     (b) Except as provided in W.S. 6-2-109, drug induced
homicide is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the
penitentiary for not more than twenty (20) years.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 2003–2019 · leading case: Olsen v. State, 67 P.3d 536 (Wyo. 2003).

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Olsen v. State, 67 P.3d 536 (Wyo. 2003). · cites it 5× “[T1] In accordance with Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-108 (a) (Michie 1997), this is an appeal from convictions of capital murder charged under Wyo.”

Eaton v. State, 2008 WY 97 (Wyo. 2008). · cites it 4× “There is nothing in Eaton's brief to suggest that anything is missing from the record on appeal that prevents this Court from fully and faithfully performing its review function, even given that our review responsibilities are greater in the context of a death penalty case than…”

Harlow v. State, 2003 WY 47 (Wyo. 2003). · cites it 2× “§ 6-2-108(c), (d), and (e). In this case the Court is satisfied that the evidence supports the jury's findings with respect to aggravating and mitigating cireumstance.”

State of Missouri v. Jason R. Shell, 501 S.W.3d 22 (Mo. Ct. App. 2016). “§ 2506 (2014); Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-108 (2010); Kan. Stat.”

Commonwealth v. Carrillo (Mass. 2019). “02 (2)(a), (b) (first degree reckless homicide); Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-108 (drug induced homicide).”

— Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-108(c) — 2 cases

Olsen v. State, 67 P.3d 536 (Wyo. 2003). “[T1] In accordance with Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-108 (a) (Michie 1997), this is an appeal from convictions of capital murder charged under Wyo.”

Harlow v. State, 2003 WY 47 (Wyo. 2003). “§ 6-2-108(c), (d), and (e). In this case the Court is satisfied that the evidence supports the jury's findings with respect to aggravating and mitigating cireumstance.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-108(d) — 1 case

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