Wyo. Stat. » Wyo. Stat. / Title 06 - Crimes and Offenses / Chapter 2 - OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON / Article 5 - ASSAULT AND BATTERY

Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-510

Domestic assault.

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section WY-LEGwyoleg.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar 
(a) A household member is guilty of domestic assault if,
having the present ability to do so, he unlawfully attempts to
cause bodily injury to another household member.

     (b)   Domestic assault is punishable as follows:

          (i) By imprisonment for not more than six (6) months,
a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00),
or both;

          (ii) By imprisonment for not more than one (1) year,
a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00),
or both, if the person has previously been convicted of domestic
assault or if the person has previously been convicted of the
following or similar offense against another household member:

                  (A)   Domestic battery under W.S. 6-2-511;

                  (B)   Simple assault under W.S. 6-2-501(a);

                  (C)   Battery under W.S. 6-2-501(b);
                  (D)   Aggravated assault and battery under W.S.
6-2-502;

                  (E)   Child abuse under W.S. 6-2-503;

                  (F)   Reckless endangering under W.S. 6-2-504;

                  (G)   Unlawful contact under W.S. 6-2-501(g);

                  (H)   Strangulation of a household member under
W.S. 6-2-509;

                  (J)   Kidnapping under W.S. 6-2-201;

                  (K)   Felonious restraint under W.S. 6-2-202; or

                  (M)   False imprisonment under W.S. 6-2-203.

     (c) If a person sentenced under paragraph (b)(i) or (ii)
of this section is placed on probation, the court may,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, impose a term of
probation exceeding the maximum one (1) year imprisonment,
provided the term of probation, including extensions, shall not
exceed three (3) years.

     (d)   As used in this section:

          (i) "Convicted" means a person has been convicted
upon a plea of guilty or no contest or has been found guilty;

           (ii)    "Household member" means as defined in W.S.
35-21-102;

          (iii) "Similar offense" means a substantially similar
law of this or any other state, tribe or territory.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2020–2023 · leading case: Lonnie Lee Dahl v. The State of Wyoming
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Lonnie Lee Dahl v. The State of Wyoming (2020) wyo · cites it 8× “[¶15] Count IV improperly referred to Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-510 (LexisNexis 2017) instead of Wyo.”
Myron Martize Woods v. The State of Wyoming (2023) wyo “[A]ny peace officer who has probable cause to believe that a violation of W.S. 6-2-510(a) or 6-2-511(a) has taken place within the preceding twenty-four (24) hours .”
Myron Martize Woods v. The State of Wyoming (2023) wyo “[A]ny peace officer who has probable cause to believe that a violation of W.S. 6-2-510(a) or 6-2-511(a) has taken place within the preceding twenty-four (24) hours .”
— Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-510(a) — 2 cases
Myron Martize Woods v. The State of Wyoming (2023) wyo “[A]ny peace officer who has probable cause to believe that a violation of W.S. 6-2-510(a) or 6-2-511(a) has taken place within the preceding twenty-four (24) hours .”
Myron Martize Woods v. The State of Wyoming (2023) wyo “[A]ny peace officer who has probable cause to believe that a violation of W.S. 6-2-510(a) or 6-2-511(a) has taken place within the preceding twenty-four (24) hours .”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.