Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-1-102

Common-law crimes abolished; common-law defenses retained

Known as the Wyoming Criminal Code

The act spans §§ 6–6 (4 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Marty May Smith v. The State of Wyoming (2021)

Most recently applied in David Wayne Gober v. The State of Wyoming (August 2025)

(a) Common-law crimes are abolished. No conduct constitutes a crime unless it is described as a crime in this act or in another statute of this state. This section does not limit the power of the court to:

(i) Punish for contempt or to employ any sanction authorized by law for the enforcement of an order lawfully entered or a civil judgment or decree; or (ii) Use case law as an interpretive aid and in the construction of this act.

(b) Common-law defenses are retained unless otherwise provided by this act.

Official source: Wyoming Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wyoming statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.