Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-304 (2026)

Sexual assault in the third degree.

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(a) An actor commits sexual assault in the third degree
if, under circumstances not constituting sexual assault in the
first or second degree:

           (i)    Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 159, § 3.

           (ii)    Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 159, § 3.

          (iii) The actor subjects a victim to sexual contact
under any of the circumstances of W.S. 6-2-302(a)(i) through
(iv) or 6-2-303(a)(i) through (vii) and (ix) without inflicting
sexual intrusion on the victim and without causing serious
bodily injury to the victim.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 87 cases (11 in the last 5 years), 1984–2026 · leading case: Giles v. State, 2004 WY 101 (Wyo. 2004).

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Giles v. State, 2004 WY 101 (Wyo. 2004). · cites it 47× “Giles then points out that Wyoming's third degree sexual assault statute, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-304 (LexisNexis 2003), establishes an age of consent of sixteen years of age and mandates that the defendant be at least four years older than the victim while Wyo.”

Pierson v. State, 956 P.2d 1119 (Wyo. 1998). · cites it 70× “Pierson argues that because a sixteen year old may legally consent to sexual intercourse under Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-304, CG's consent has a direct bearing on the relative "indecency" of their activity on August 29, 1993; a factor which was precluded from the jury's deliberations…”

McArtor v. State, 699 P.2d 288 (Wyo. 1985). · cites it 32× “Second, appellant contends that the trial court erred in determining that the appellant could be charged and convicted under § 14-3-105 because: (a) "child" as used in § 14-3-105 is a person under the age of sixteen; (b) criminal statutes should be strictly construed and any…”

Sheesley v. State, 437 P.3d 830 (Wyo. 2019). · cites it 20× “Sheesley in exchange for a guilty plea to one count of sexual assault in the third degree in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-304 (a)(iii). Ms. *833 Sheesley pleaded guilty, reserving her right to appeal the denial of her motion to dismiss.”

Najera v. State, 2009 WY 105 (Wyo. 2009). · cites it 12× “[1] The twelve counts included: two counts of second-degree sexual assault (counts I and IV) in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-303 (a)(vi) (LexisNexis 2005); one count of third-degree sexual assault (count II) in violation of Wyo.”

Duke v. State, 2009 WY 74 (Wyo. 2009). · cites it 8× “Duke of the elements of third-degree sexual assault, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-304 (a)(i). Those elements are the actus reus of sexual intrusion and the attendant circumstances that the actor is at least four years older than the victim, who is less than 16 years old.”

Misenheimer v. State, 2001 WY 65 (Wyo. 2001). · cites it 8× “He also notes that § 14-3-105 does not contain specific age elements, including minors, similar to that found in the third degree sexual assault statute, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-304 (LexisNexis 2001), and that our case law has exclusively focused on the fact that adults may be…”

Frederick v. State, 2007 WY 27 (Wyo. 2007). · cites it 6× “The State had agreed only to amend the Information to charge sexual assault in the third degree ( Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-304 (LexisNexis 2005)) instead of sexual assault in the first degree (§ 6-2-302) and to consider sentencing under § 7-13-301.”

Raymond Martin Brown v. The State of Wyoming, 2019 WY 102 (Wyo. 2019). · cites it 8× “Brown with two felonies: sexual assault in the third degree, in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-304 (a)(iii), 1 and abuse of a vulnerable adult, in violation of Wyo.”

Betzle v. State, 847 P.2d 1010 (Wyo. 1993). · cites it 8× “§§ 6-2-303(a)(v) and 6-2-306(a)(ii), (b), (c)(i) (1988); [1] two counts of sexual assault in the third degree in violation *1015 of Wyo.Stat. §§ 6-2-304(a)(ii) and 6-2-306(a)(iii), (b), (c)(ii) (1988); [2] and one count of taking immodest, immoral and indecent liberties with a…”

Chapman v. State, 2001 WY 25 (Wyo. 2001). · cites it 4× “See Wyo.Stat.Ann. § 6-2-304- 3 and § 6-2-30l(a)(vi)(B).”

Tony Scott Cercy v. The State of Wyoming, 2019 WY 131 (Wyo. 2019). · cites it 6× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-304 (a)(iii) (emphasis added).”

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— Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-304(a) — 2 cases

Heinemann v. State, 12 P.3d 692 (Wyo. 2000).

Beartusk v. State, 6 P.3d 138 (Wyo. 2000).

— Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-304(a)(i) — 8 cases

Lovato v. State, 901 P.2d 408 (Wyo. 1995).

Giles v. State, 2004 WY 101 (Wyo. 2004). “Giles then points out that Wyoming's third degree sexual assault statute, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-304 (LexisNexis 2003), establishes an age of consent of sixteen years of age and mandates that the defendant be at least four years older than the victim while Wyo.”

Lee v. State, 2001 WY 129 (Wyo. 2001).

Jason Henry Roberts v. The State of Wyoming, 2022 WY 93 (Wyo. 2022).

Monjaras v. State, 2006 WY 71 (Wyo. 2006).

— Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-304(a)(ii) — 5 cases

Betzle v. State, 847 P.2d 1010 (Wyo. 1993). “§§ 6-2-303(a)(v) and 6-2-306(a)(ii), (b), (c)(i) (1988); [1] two counts of sexual assault in the third degree in violation *1015 of Wyo.Stat. §§ 6-2-304(a)(ii) and 6-2-306(a)(iii), (b), (c)(ii) (1988); [2] and one count of taking immodest, immoral and indecent liberties with a…”

Mehring v. State, 860 P.2d 1101 (Wyo. 1993).

Garza v. State, 2010 WY 64 (Wyo. 2010).

Trumbull v. State, 2009 WY 103 (Wyo. 2009).

Winstead v. State, 2011 WY 137 (Wyo. 2011).

— Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-304(a)(iii) — 8 cases

Faubion v. State, 2010 WY 79 (Wyo. 2010).

Ronald S. Kammerer, Jr. v. The State of Wyoming, 2014 WY 50 (Wyo. 2014).

Jackson v. State, 2012 WY 56 (Wyo. 2012).

BALDES v. State, 2012 WY 67 (Wyo. 2012).

State, Off. of the Attorney Gen., Div. of Crim. Investigation v. Thomason, 2008 WY 143 (Wyo. 2008).

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