§ 6-5-209 — Taking deadly weapons into jails, penal institutions, mental hospitals or courtrooms; penalties

Wyoming § 6-5-209

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 06: Crimes and Offenses
• Ch. 5: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• Art. 2: HINDERING GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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(a) Except as authorized by a person in charge, a person
commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than
ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars
($10,000.00), or both, if that person takes or passes a deadly
weapon into a jail, a state penal institution, the Wyoming boys'
school, Wyoming girls' school, a correctional facility operated
by a private entity pursuant to W.S. 7-22-102 or the state
hospital.
(b) Except as authorized by a presiding judge, a person
commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more
than one (1) year, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars
($5,000.00), or both, if that person takes into a courtroom a
deadly weapon. Any person convicted of a second or subsequent
offense under this subsection within five (5) years of the first
conviction shall be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine of
not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), imprisonment
for not more than two (2) years, or both.
(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude a presiding
judge from carrying a weapon or determining who may carry a
weapon in the courtroom.