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Wyo. Stat. § 6-5-208 (2026)

Taking controlled substances or liquor into

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jails, penal institutions or mental hospitals; penalties.

Except as authorized by a person in charge, a person commits a
felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3)
years, a fine of not more than three thousand dollars
($3,000.00), or both, if that person takes or passes any
controlled substance or intoxicating liquor into a jail, a state
penal institution, the Wyoming boys' school, Wyoming girls'
school, a correctional facility operated by a private entity
pursuant to W.S. 7-22-102 or the state hospital.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1995–2025 · leading case: Barrera v. State, 2017 WY 123, 403 P.3d 1025.
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Barrera v. State, 2017 WY 123, 403 P.3d 1025. · cites it 18× “1 The statute governing that offense, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-5-208 (LexisNexis 2017), proyides in pertinent part, “Except as authorized by a person in charge, a person commits a felony .”
Farnsworth v. State, 2017 WY 137, 405 P.3d 1067. · cites it 25× “Propriety of the district court’s denial of the motion to dismiss [¶8] Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-5-208 states in pertinent part that “[e]xcept as authorized by a person in charge, a person commits a felony .”
Paramo v. State, 896 P.2d 1342 (Wyo. 1995). · cites it 8× “§ 35-7-1031(c) a lesser included offense of taking or passing a controlled substance into a jail under Wyo.Stat. § 6-5-208? II. Was the appellant’s due process right violated where the trial court prevented the appellant from presenting relevant testimony that there was a…”
Daniel E. Borja, Sr. v. State of Wyoming, 2023 WY 12, 523 P.3d 1212. · cites it 4× “[¶10] Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-5-208 (LexisNexis 2021) provides that “a person commits a felony .”
State v. McAuliffe, 2005 WY 165, 125 P.3d 276. · cites it 4× “§ 6-1-301 (a) (LexisNexis 2005), taking a controlled substance into a jail, a felony, in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-5-208 (LexisNexis 2005), and misdemeanor possession of methamphetamine, in violation of Wyo.”
United States v. Yeley-Davis, 632 F.3d 673 (10th Cir. 2011). “§ 35-7-1031, and taking or passing a controlled substance into a jail, Wyo. Stat. § 6-5-208. 3 R. 873 -75; see also 1 R.”
Andrew Lee Boyer v. State of Wyoming, 2025 WY 93, 574 P.3d 161. · cites it 2× “Boyer was charged with taking a controlled substance into jail, a felony and violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-5-208 ; possession of a controlled substance- methamphetamine (crystalline form), a felony and violation of Wyo.”
Daniel E. Borja, Sr. v. State of Wyoming, 2024 WY 21, 543 P.3d 242. · cites it 2× “The Court notes that order was later corrected nunc pro tunc.”
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