Wyoming Statutes
Wyo. Stat. § 6-6-208 (2026)
Contempt proceedings for violation of injunction;
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commencement; trial; penalties. If any injunction granted under this article is violated, the court may summarily try and punish the offender. The proceedings shall be commenced by filing with the clerk of the court an information under oath, setting out the alleged facts constituting the violation, upon which the court shall cause a warrant to issue, under which the defendant shall be arrested. The trial may be had upon affidavits, or either party may demand the production and oral examination of the witnesses. A party found guilty of contempt under this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not more than six (6) months, or both.
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Cited in 2
cases, 2017–2017 · leading case: Barrera v. State, 2017 WY 123, 403 P.3d 1025.
Barrera v. State, 2017 WY 123, 403 P.3d 1025. “In short, regardless of what caused Barrera to be in the position of having to make that choice, the district court believed that the majority view recognized that the decision to continue to conceal drugs was itself a voluntary act sufficient to support a conviction under §…”
Farnsworth v. State, 2017 WY 137, 405 P.3d 1067. “[¶13] Farnsworth also contends that the legislature’s intent to repeal or clarify § 6-6-208 with the enactment of § 6-5-213 is shown by other differences between the two provisions.”
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