Town v. State, 351 P.3d 257

Town pled guilty to second degree murder and received 75 years to life.
Indictment initially charged first degree murder; plea to amended second degree murder resolved the case.
Plea was accepted after district court questioned factual basis; no sentencing agreement.
Sentencing hearing included victim impact statements and testimony from multiple non-victims.
Court imposed 75 years to life after weighing mitigating and aggravating factors and accepting State’s recommendation.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Plain error from non-victim statements at sentencing	Town argues some statements were not victims.	Town contends statements from non-victims should not influence sentencing.	No plain error; court may consider non-victim statements under statute and case law.
Evidence at sentencing beyond presentence report under Rule 82	State offered additional evidence/information beyond the PSI.	Such evidence should be limited to PSI-related content.	Rule 82(c) allows broader evidence; no error in admitting evidence with opportunity to respond.

Joreski v. State, 2012 WY 143 (Wy. 2012) (plain error standard of review for sentencing issues)
Mehring v. State, 860 P.2d 1101 (Wy. 1993) (trial court may consider broad range of information in sentencing)
Bitz v. State, 78 P.3d 257 (Wy. 2003) (uncharged crimes may be considered if defendant can dispute, with proper Rule 82 procedures)
Capellen v. State, 161 P.3d 1076 (Wy. 2007) (trial court has broad discretion to consider information in sentencing)
Swingholm v. State, 910 P.2d 1334 (Wy. 1996) (sentencing may consider a wide range of information)
Christy v. State, 731 P.2d 1204 (Wy. 1987) (allowing broad consideration of defendant background for sentencing)
Hedge v. State, 696 P.2d 51 (Wy. 1985) (courts may consider entire background when determining sentence)
Clouse v. State, 776 P.2d 1011 (Wy. 1989) (due process concerns in sentencing information)