Wyoming § 6-2-109 Sentencing enhancement for the homicide of a
pregnant woman

Wyoming Statutes

§ 6-2-109 — Sentencing enhancement for the homicide of a pregnant woman

Wyoming § 6-2-109

Title 06Crimes and Offenses

Ch. 2OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON

Art. 1HOMICIDE

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Bluebook

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-109 (2026).

Text

(a)Upon sentencing of a defendant who is convicted of an offense pursuant to W.S. 6-2-104(a), 6-2-105 or 6-2-108, if the jury has found that the victim was pregnant at the time of the commission of the offense and that the defendant knew that the victim was pregnant at the time of the commission of the offense, the court shall impose a sentence as follows:

(i)For a conviction of W.S. 6-2-104(a), imprisonment in the penitentiary for any term not less than forty (40) years, or during life; or

(ii)For a conviction of W.S. 6-2-105 or 6-2-108, imprisonment in the penitentiary for any term not less than ten

(10)years and not more than thirty (30) years.

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(a) Upon sentencing of a defendant who is convicted of an
offense pursuant to W.S. 6-2-104(a), 6-2-105 or 6-2-108, if the
jury has found that the victim was pregnant at the time of the
commission of the offense and that the defendant knew that the
victim was pregnant at the time of the commission of the
offense, the court shall impose a sentence as follows:
(i) For a conviction of W.S. 6-2-104(a), imprisonment
in the penitentiary for any term not less than forty (40) years,
or during life; or
(ii) For a conviction of W.S. 6-2-105 or 6-2-108,
imprisonment in the penitentiary for any term not less than ten
(10) years and not more than thirty (30) years.