Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-505 (2026)

Terroristic threats; penalty.

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(a) A person is guilty of a terroristic threat if he
threatens to commit any violent felony with the intent to cause
evacuation of a building, place of assembly or facility of
public transportation, or otherwise to cause serious public
inconvenience, or in reckless disregard of the risk of causing
such inconvenience.

     (b) A terroristic threat is a felony punishable by
imprisonment for not more than three (3) years.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1993–2026 · leading case: McCone v. State, 866 P.2d 740 (Wyo. 1993).

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McCone v. State, 866 P.2d 740 (Wyo. 1993). · cites it 25× “McCone was convicted of four counts of making terroristic threats in violation of W.S. 6-2-505, for telephone calls made to the Bethesda Care Center and a police dispatcher in Laramie, Wyoming.”

Lee Carrell v. United States (Revised Version), 165 A.3d 314 (D.C. 2017). · cites it 2× “Acts 1–6, 8–9); Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-505 (1982). 43 1 4.”

Luplow v. State, 897 P.2d 463 (Wyo. 1995). · cites it 4× “6-2-505 does not reach a “substantial amount of protected conduct” and that it is not a statute with no standards at all, our review of the statute is limited to a determination of whether it is unconstitutionally vague as it applies to McCone’s conduct.”

Brock v. State, 981 P.2d 465 (Wyo. 1999). · cites it 2× “§ 6 — 2—502(a)(iii); terroristic threats, in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-505 (a) (Michie 1997); and destruction of property of a value in excess of $500.”

Ellison v. State, 3 P.3d 845 (Wyo. 2000). · cites it 4× “He was charged with making a terroristic threat in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-505 (Lexis 1999), 1 and the instruction dealt with the intent to cause serious public inconvenience articulated in the statute.”

Byron W. Pinegar v. The State of Wyoming, 2026 WY 55 (Wyo. 2026). · cites it 8× “” Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-505 (a); McCone v. State, 866 P.”

McCone v. Wyoming Attorney Gen., 16 F. App'x 977 (10th Cir. 2001). “McCone was convicted in state court of four counts of making terroristic threats in violation of Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-505. McCone v. State, 866 P.”

Lee Carrell v. United States (D.C. 2017). “Acts 1–6, 8–9); Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-505 (1982). 43 1 4.”

In the Interest of: J.J.M., Appeal of: J.J.M. (Pa. 2021). “019(1)(e) (terroristic threats); Wyo. Stat. Ann. §6-2-505 (a) (terroristic threats).”

McCone v. WY Dept.Corr. (10th Cir. 1998). “App. P. 34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-505(a) — 2 cases

McCone v. State, 866 P.2d 740 (Wyo. 1993). “McCone was convicted of four counts of making terroristic threats in violation of W.S. 6-2-505, for telephone calls made to the Bethesda Care Center and a police dispatcher in Laramie, Wyoming.”

Luplow v. State, 897 P.2d 463 (Wyo. 1995). “6-2-505 does not reach a “substantial amount of protected conduct” and that it is not a statute with no standards at all, our review of the statute is limited to a determination of whether it is unconstitutionally vague as it applies to McCone’s conduct.”

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