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Wyo. Stat. § 6-4-301 (2026)

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(a)   As used in this article:

          (i) "Disseminate" means to sell, distribute, deliver,
provide, exhibit or otherwise make available to another;

          (ii) "Material" includes any form of human expression
or communication intended for, or capable of, visual, auditory
or sensory perception;

          (iii)    "Obscene" is material which the average person
would find:

               (A) Applying contemporary community standards,
taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest;

               (B) Applying contemporary community standards,
depicts or describes sexual conduct in a patently offensive way;
and

               (C) Taken as a whole, lacks serious literary,
artistic, political or scientific value.

          (iv) "Produce or reproduce" means to bring into being
regardless of the process or means employed. Undeveloped
photographs, films, molds, casts, printing plates and like
articles may be obscene notwithstanding that further processing
or other acts are necessary to make the obscenity patent or to
disseminate or exhibit the obscene material;

           (v)   "Sexual conduct" means:
               (A) Patently offensive representations or
descriptions of ultimate sexual acts, normal or perverted,
actual or simulated;

                    (B)   Sado-masochistic abuse; or

               (C) Patently offensive representations or
descriptions of masturbation, excretory functions or lewd
exhibitions of the genitals.

          (vi)      "Intimate parts" means as defined by W.S. 6-2-
301(a)(ii);

          (vii) "Synthetic sexual material" means material that
has been created, altered or manipulated through the use of an
artificial intelligence system or another digital method to
realistically depict the intimate parts of a specific person.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2022 · leading case: Lewis Alan Dugan v. The State of Wyoming, 2019 WY 112 (Wyo. 2019).
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Lewis Alan Dugan v. The State of Wyoming, 2019 WY 112 (Wyo. 2019). · cites it 9× “Dugan also argues § 6-2-506 is unconstitutional as applied to him because his statements were not obscene under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-4-301 (a)(iii) (LexisNexis 2019): (a) As used in this article: .”
Dougherty v. State, 2010 WY 127 (Wyo. 2010). · cites it 6× “, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-4-301 (a)(iii) (LexisNexis 2009), [2] indicates that the term pertains to sexual matters.”
Sears v. State, 632 P.2d 946 (Wyo. 1981). · cites it 6× “" To determine its full meaning, one would make reference to other provisions of the enactment (§§ 6-4-301 through 6-4-314, W.S. 1977) of which it is a part.”
LP v. Natrona Cnty. Dep't of Pub. Assistance & Soc. Servs., 679 P.2d 976 (Wyo. 1984). · cites it 2× “18 Sexual contact is defined in § 6-4-301(a)(vii), W.S.1977 (recodified as § 6-2-301(a)(vi), W.”
Samuel Joseph Barrett v. The State of Wyoming, 2022 WY 64 (Wyo. 2022). · cites it 2× “See Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 6-4-301 , 6-4- 303. [¶31] Accordingly, we apply the ordinary dictionary definition of “simulated.”
Ketcham v. State, 618 P.2d 1356 (Wyo. 1980). · cites it 3× “Sections 6-4-301 through 6-4-313, W.S. 1977.”
Elliott v. State, 600 P.2d 1044 (Wyo. 1979). · cites it 2× “70, § 1 of the Session Laws of Wyoming, 1977 (now § 6-4-301(a)(ix), W.S. 1977) the following definition appears: "(ix) `Sexual penetration' means sexual intercourse, * * * with or without emission;" After trial to a jury, the appellant was found guilty, and he then was sentenced…”
McArtor v. State, 699 P.2d 288 (Wyo. 1985). · cites it 2× “1 [§ 6-4-301] is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not to exceed five (5) years.”
Hamill v. State, 602 P.2d 1212 (Wyo. 1979). · cites it 2× “ssion of the victim, of physical force or forcible confinement; or “(ii) The actor causes submission of the victim by threat of death, serious bodily injury, extreme physical pain or kidnapping to be inflicted on anyone and the victim reasonably believes that the actor has the…”
Clegg v. State, 655 P.2d 1240 (Wyo. 1982). · cites it 3× “Since either an acquittal or conviction of any such count would not provide the accused with a double jeopardy defense as to any other such count which properly was charged, I would hold that there was no possibility of inconsistent verdicts as a matter of law based upon our…”
Kinnison v. Kinnison, 627 P.2d 594 (Wyo. 1981). · cites it 2× “The crimes of sexual assault — but with a marital exception, and of prostitution are set forth in §§ 6-4-301, et seq. and 6-5-106, et seq., W.”
Padilla v. State, 601 P.2d 189 (Wyo. 1979). “1977, provides: “(a) Any actor who inflicts sexual penetration or sexual intrusion on a victim commits a sexual assault in the first degree if: “(i) The actor causes submission of the victim through the actual application, reasonably calculated to cause submission of the victim,…”
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— Wyo. Stat. § 6-4-301(a)(iii) — 3 cases
Lewis Alan Dugan v. The State of Wyoming, 2019 WY 112 (Wyo. 2019). “Dugan also argues § 6-2-506 is unconstitutional as applied to him because his statements were not obscene under Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-4-301 (a)(iii) (LexisNexis 2019): (a) As used in this article: .”
Dougherty v. State, 2010 WY 127 (Wyo. 2010). “, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-4-301 (a)(iii) (LexisNexis 2009), [2] indicates that the term pertains to sexual matters.”
Wilson v. State, 655 P.2d 1246 (Wyo. 1982).
— Wyo. Stat. § 6-4-301(a)(ix) — 4 cases
Elliott v. State, 600 P.2d 1044 (Wyo. 1979). “70, § 1 of the Session Laws of Wyoming, 1977 (now § 6-4-301(a)(ix), W.S. 1977) the following definition appears: "(ix) `Sexual penetration' means sexual intercourse, * * * with or without emission;" After trial to a jury, the appellant was found guilty, and he then was sentenced…”
Clegg v. State, 655 P.2d 1240 (Wyo. 1982). “Since either an acquittal or conviction of any such count would not provide the accused with a double jeopardy defense as to any other such count which properly was charged, I would hold that there was no possibility of inconsistent verdicts as a matter of law based upon our…”
Hamill v. State, 602 P.2d 1212 (Wyo. 1979). “ssion of the victim, of physical force or forcible confinement; or “(ii) The actor causes submission of the victim by threat of death, serious bodily injury, extreme physical pain or kidnapping to be inflicted on anyone and the victim reasonably believes that the actor has the…”
Padilla v. State, 601 P.2d 189 (Wyo. 1979). “1977, provides: “(a) Any actor who inflicts sexual penetration or sexual intrusion on a victim commits a sexual assault in the first degree if: “(i) The actor causes submission of the victim through the actual application, reasonably calculated to cause submission of the victim,…”
— Wyo. Stat. § 6-4-301(a)(v) — 1 case
Lefevers v. State, 20 S.W.3d 707 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000).
— Wyo. Stat. § 6-4-301(a)(vii) — 1 case
LP v. Natrona Cnty. Dep't of Pub. Assistance & Soc. Servs., 679 P.2d 976 (Wyo. 1984). “18 Sexual contact is defined in § 6-4-301(a)(vii), W.S.1977 (recodified as § 6-2-301(a)(vi), W.”
— Wyo. Stat. § 6-4-301(a)(viii) — 1 case
Ketcham v. State, 618 P.2d 1356 (Wyo. 1980). “Sections 6-4-301 through 6-4-313, W.S. 1977.”
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