Title 06 · WY
35-7-1036.
Citation: Wyo. Stat. § 35-7-1036
Section: 35-7-1036
35-7-1036.
(f) Prior to the filing of an information or indictment charging a violation of W.S. 6-4-403(b)(ii), (iii) or (vi)(D), neither the name of the person accused or the victim nor any other information reasonably likely to disclose the identity of the victim shall be released or negligently allowed to be released to the public by any public employee, except as authorized by the judge with jurisdiction over the criminal charges. The name of the person accused may be released to the public to aid or facilitate an arrest.
(g) After the filing of an information or indictment and absent a request to release the identity of a minor victim by the victim or another acting on behalf of a minor victim, the trial court shall restrict the disclosure or publication of information reasonably likely to identify the minor victim.
(h) Any person who willfully violates subsection (f) or (g) of this section or who willfully neglects or refuses to obey any court order made pursuant thereto is guilty of contempt and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) or be imprisoned in the county jail not more than ninety (90) days, or both.
(j) A release of a name or other information to the public in violation of the proscriptions of subsection (f) or (g) of this section shall not stand as a bar to the prosecution of a defendant or be grounds for dismissal of any charges against a defendant.
(k) As used in subsection (g) of this section, "minor victim" means a person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
6-4-404. Violation of domestic violence order of protection; penalty.
(a) Any person who willfully violates a protection order issued pursuant to W.S. 35-21-104 or 35-21-105 or valid injunction or order for protection against domestic violence as defined in W.S. 35-21-109(a), 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.
(b) Repealed by Laws 2018, ch. 97, § 2.
6-4-405. Endangering children; controlled substances; penalty.
(a) Unless properly stored and pursuant to a valid practitioner's medication order or valid prescription, no person shall knowingly and willfully cause or permit any child to:
(i) Absorb, inhale or otherwise ingest any amount of methamphetamine or fentanyl;
(ii) Remain in a room, dwelling or vehicle where the person knows methamphetamine or fentanyl is being manufactured or sold; or
(iii) Enter and remain in a room, dwelling or vehicle that the person knows is being used to manufacture or store fentanyl or methamphetamines, or the hazardous waste created by the manufacture of fentanyl or methamphetamines.
(b) No person having the care or custody of a child shall knowingly and willfully permit the child to remain in a room, dwelling or vehicle where that person knows that illicit methamphetamine or illicit fentanyl is possessed, stored or ingested.
(c) Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section is guilty of endangering a child punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.
6-4-406. Permitting house parties where minors are present; exceptions; penalties.
(a) No person who owns, rents, leases, subleases or has control of any residence or premises shall allow a house party to take place at the residence or premises if any alcoholic liquor, malt beverage or drug prohibited by law to be possessed by a minor is possessed or consumed at the residence or premises by any minor and the person knowingly permitted the residence or premises to be used for that purpose.
(b) The provision of this section shall not apply to:
(i) The furnishing or giving of any alcoholic liquor or malt beverage by an adult to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years, if the recipient is the legal ward, medical patient or member of the immediate family of the adult furnishing or giving the alcoholic liquor or malt beverage;
(ii) The consumption, use or possession of a drug pursuant to a lawful prescription issued for the drug;
(iii) Religious observance or prescribed medical treatment;
(iv) The possession of alcoholic liquor, malt beverage or lawfully prescribed drugs incidental to lawful employment.
(c) Any person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00), or both.
(d) For purposes of this section:
(i) "Minor" means as defined in W.S.