Posted on 04/19/2023 10:39:22 AM PDT by CFW
Cheyenne police entered a man’s home unlawfully to arrest him, the Wyoming Supreme Court has ruled in overturning his conviction.
The high court in its Monday order reversed Myron Martize Woods’ 2021 Cheyenne Circuit Court conviction of interference with a peace officer for fighting officers who entered his home unlawfully to arrest him.
The conviction stemmed from Feb. 13, 2020, when police investigated a dispute between Woods and his ex-girlfriend over the care of their son.
Woods’ ex-girlfriend said he had grabbed her neck, but a jury later acquitted Woods on that domestic battery charge.
Cheyenne Police Department officers went to Woods’ home and confronted him across the threshold of his front door that evening, trying to get him to come out.
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Apparently the ex-girlfriend (with whom he had a kid) was the problem here*, not the wife. It might be more of a cautionary story about having kids with women you aren’t married to.
* - There is certainly the possibility that he was was also the problem.
>>>It might be more of a cautionary story about having kids with women you aren’t married to.<<<
I’m pretty sure marriage is a raw deal for young men.
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