Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884

Smith verdict: Guilty

Marty Smith guilty as accessory to involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assaul

On the surveillance video, two men and a woman are seen arguing inside the Sundance Travel Center. There's pushing, shoving and slapping, tempers are boiling and the woman falls down several times before one of the men throws the other to the ground in a type of chokehold.

The second man never stands up again.

Both the defense and prosecution agreed that the trial of the State of Wyoming vs. Marty Smith last week was highly unusual because the 12 men and women of the jury were able to watch for themselves exactly what happened when local man Doug Haar died in the early hours of August 1, 20...