Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 6-5-201 (2026)

Definitions.

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(a)   As used in this article:

          (i) "Emergency" means a crime or a situation which
could result in a public official responding in an authorized
emergency vehicle or which could jeopardize public safety and
could result in the evacuation of any area, building, structure,
vehicle or other place people may enter;

          (ii) "Official detention" means arrest, detention in
a facility for custody of persons under charge or conviction of
crime or alleged or found to be delinquent, detention for
extradition or deportation, or detention in any manner and in
any place for law enforcement purposes. "Official detention"
does not include supervision on probation or parole or
constraint incidental to release on bail;

          (iii) "Relative" means a grandparent, grandchild,
mother, father, husband, wife, sister, brother or child; and

           (iv)    "Render assistance" means to:

                  (A)   Harbor or conceal the person;

               (B) Warn the person of impending discovery or
apprehension, excluding an official warning given in an effort
to bring the person into compliance with the law;

               (C) Provide the person with money,
transportation, weapon, disguise or other thing to be used in
avoiding discovery or apprehension;
               (D) By force, intimidation or deception,
obstruct anyone in the performance of any act which might aid in
the discovery, detection, apprehension, prosecution, conviction
or punishment of the person; or

               (E) Conceal, destroy or alter any physical
evidence that might aid in the discovery, detection,
apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of the
person.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 27 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1987–2024 · leading case: Phillips v. State, 760 P.2d 388 (Wyo. 1988).

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Phillips v. State, 760 P.2d 388 (Wyo. 1988). · cites it 12× “" (W.S. § 6-5-201(a)(i)) For an arrest to take place the officer need only subject the person he confronts to some kind of control and detention *391 amounting to a restriction upon his freedom.”

YellowBear v. State, 874 P.2d 241 (Wyo. 1994). · cites it 8× “Wyo. Stat. § 6-5-201(a)(ii) (1988) defines official detention: (ii) “Official detention” means arrest, detention in a facility for custody of persons under a charge or conviction of crime or alleged or found to be delinquent, detention for extradition or deportation, or…”

Christopher James Yager v. State, 2015 WY 139 (Wyo. 2015). · cites it 6× “Appellant ac *780 knowledges that the statute's reference to work release facilities and community correctional facilities includes persons who are not physically confined, but he asserts that these examples are different from probation because probationers are not in "official…”

Harlow v. State, 2005 WY 12 (Wyo. 2005). · cites it 2× “See Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-5-201 (a)(ii) (LexisNexis 2003).”

ENDRIS v. State, 2010 WY 73 (Wyo. 2010). · cites it 2× “Endris cites Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-5-201 (a)(ii), which defines the term "official detention" to include "detention in any manner and in any place for law enforcement purposes.”

Lewis v. State, 2002 WY 92 (Wyo. 2002). · cites it 2× “] [18] Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-5-201 (Lexis-Nexis 2001) provides these relevant definitions: ' (ii) "Relative" means a grandparent, grandchild, mother, father, husband, wife, sister, brother or child; and (iv) "Render assistance" means to: *1066 (A) Harbor or conceal the person; (B)…”

Lee v. State, 2 P.3d 517 (Wyo. 2000). · cites it 2× “609(b) is February 18, 1987. This conclusion is supported by the proposition that a parolee cannot technically escape from parole, and for that reason, parole does not qualify as confinement or "official detention.”

Beyer v. State, 2008 WY 137 (Wyo. 2008). · cites it 2× “…"Official detention" does not include supervision on probation or parole or constraint incidental to release on bail. Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-5-201 (a)(ii).”

Peper v. State, 768 P.2d 26 (Wyo. 1989). · cites it 2× “” W.S. 6-5-201(a)(ii) defines “official detention” as “arrest, detention in a facility for custody of persons under charge or conviction of crime or alleged or found to be delinquent, detention for extradition or deportation, or detention in any manner and in any place for law…”

Kupec v. State, 835 P.2d 359 (Wyo. 1992). · cites it 2× “” Official detention is defined in Wyo.Stat. § 6-5-201(a)(ii) (1988) as being an arrest, detention in a facility for custody of persons under charge or conviction of crime or alleged or found to be delinquent, detention for extradition or deportation, or detention in any manner…”

Teddy Dean Daniels, 2014 WY 125 (Wyo. 2014). · cites it 2× “, citing Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-5-201 (a)(ii). "However, if a condition of probation subjects a defendant to a charge of escape, he is entitled to credit against his sentence for the time spent in that environment.”

Williams v. State, 2006 WY 131 (Wyo. 2006). · cites it 3× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-5-201 (LexisNexis 2005).”

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— Wyo. Stat. § 6-5-201(a)(i) — 1 case

Phillips v. State, 760 P.2d 388 (Wyo. 1988). “" (W.S. § 6-5-201(a)(i)) For an arrest to take place the officer need only subject the person he confronts to some kind of control and detention *391 amounting to a restriction upon his freedom.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 6-5-201(a)(ii) — 14 cases

YellowBear v. State, 874 P.2d 241 (Wyo. 1994). “Wyo. Stat. § 6-5-201(a)(ii) (1988) defines official detention: (ii) “Official detention” means arrest, detention in a facility for custody of persons under a charge or conviction of crime or alleged or found to be delinquent, detention for extradition or deportation, or…”

Christopher James Yager v. State, 2015 WY 139 (Wyo. 2015). “Appellant ac *780 knowledges that the statute's reference to work release facilities and community correctional facilities includes persons who are not physically confined, but he asserts that these examples are different from probation because probationers are not in "official…”

Peper v. State, 768 P.2d 26 (Wyo. 1989). “” W.S. 6-5-201(a)(ii) defines “official detention” as “arrest, detention in a facility for custody of persons under charge or conviction of crime or alleged or found to be delinquent, detention for extradition or deportation, or detention in any manner and in any place for law…”

Kupec v. State, 835 P.2d 359 (Wyo. 1992). “” Official detention is defined in Wyo.Stat. § 6-5-201(a)(ii) (1988) as being an arrest, detention in a facility for custody of persons under charge or conviction of crime or alleged or found to be delinquent, detention for extradition or deportation, or detention in any manner…”

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