Wyoming
This page lists the most applicable state crimes addressing stalking.
However, depending on the facts of the case, a stalker might also be charged
with other crimes, such as trespassing, intimidation of a witness, breaking
and entering, etc. Check your state code or consult with your local prosecutor
about other charges that might apply in a particular
case.
Stalking
Related Offenses
Also see: Wyoming
Civil Stalking Law
Analyzing Stalking
Laws
Stalking
Wyo. Stat. § 6-2-506. Stalking; penalty. (2007)
(a) As used in this
section:
(i) "Course of conduct" means a
pattern of conduct composed of a series of acts over any period of time
evidencing a continuity of purpose;
(ii) "Harass" means to engage in a
course of conduct, including but not limited to verbal threats, written
threats, lewd or obscene statements or images, vandalism or nonconsensual
physical contact, directed at a specific person or the family of a specific
person, which the defendant knew or should have known would cause a reasonable
person to suffer substantial emotional distress, and which does in fact
seriously alarm the person toward whom it is directed.
(b) Unless otherwise provided by
law, a person commits the crime of stalking if, with intent to harass another person, the person engages in a course of
conduct reasonably likely to harass that person, including but not limited to
any combination of the following:
(i) Communicating, anonymously or
otherwise, or causing a communication with another person by verbal,
electronic, mechanical, telegraphic, telephonic or written means in a manner
that harasses;
(ii) Following a person, other than
within the residence of the defendant;
(iii) Placing a person under
surveillance by remaining present outside his or her school, place of
employment, vehicle, other place occupied by the person, or residence other
than the residence of the defendant; or
(iv) Otherwise engaging in a course
of conduct that harasses another person.
(c) This section does not apply to
an otherwise lawful demonstration, assembly or
picketing.
(d) Except as provided under
subsection (e) of this section, stalking is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months,
a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or
both.
(e)A person convicted of stalking under subsection (b) of this section is guilty of felony stalking punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years,
if:
(i) The
act or acts leading to the conviction occurred within five (5) years of a
prior conviction under this subsection, or under subsection (b) of this
section, or under a substantially similar law of another
jurisdiction;
(ii) The defendant caused serious
bodily harm to the victim or another person in conjunction with committing the
offense of stalking;
(iii) The
defendant committed the offense of stalking in violation of any condition of probation, parole or bail;
or
(iv) The
defendant committed the offense of stalking in violation of a temporary or permanent order of protection issued pursuant
to W.S.
7-3-508 or 7-3-509,
or pursuant to a substantially similar law of another
jurisdiction.
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Related Offenses
Wyo. Stat. § 6-6-103. Telephone calls; unlawful acts; penalties; place of
commission of crime. (1983)
(a) A person commits a misdemeanor
punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more
than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both, if he telephones another anonymously or under a false or fictitious name and uses obscene, lewd
or profane language or suggests a lewd or lascivious act with intent to
terrify, intimidate, threaten, harass, annoy or offend.
(b) A person commits a misdemeanor
punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more
than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both, if:
(i) By
repeated anonymous telephone
calls, he disturbs the peace, quiet or privacy of persons where
the calls were received; or
(ii) He telephones another and threatens to inflict injury or physical harm to the person or
property of any person.
(c) A
crime under this section is committed at the place where the calls either originated or were received.
Wyo. Stat. § 6-4-304. Voyeurism; penalties. (2005)
(a) A
person is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than
six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00),
or both, if he, without the consent of the person being viewed, commits the
crime of voyeurism by looking in a clandestine, surreptitious, prying or
secretive nature into an enclosed area where the person being viewed has a
reasonable expectation of privacy, including, but not limited
to:
(i) Restrooms;
(ii) Baths;
(iii) Showers;
or
(iv) Dressing or fitting
rooms.
(b) A
person is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than two
(2) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both,
if he:
(i) Commits the offense specified in
subsection (a) of this section by knowingly or intentionally capturing an
image by means of a camera, a video camera or any other image recording
device; or
(ii) Uses a camera, video camera or
any other image recording device for the purpose of observing, viewing,
photographing, filming or videotaping another person under the clothing being
worn by the other person where that other person has not consented to the
observing, viewing, photographing, filming or
videotaping.
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