{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-6-1-102","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 6-1-102","heading":"Common-law crimes abolished; common-law defenses retained.","body":"(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:\n(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\n(ii) Use case law as an interpretive aid and in the construction of this act.\n(b) Common-law defenses are retained unless otherwise provided by this act.","path":["TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS","ARTICLE 1 - IN GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"94b6c9c0f879da19952e371c2278411e16343f3767300a58afd5b4708e3ba7c2","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-6-1-101","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-6-1-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}