Wyoming Penal Code Made Simple

by Kimani Upshur, M.Ed.

Most people never think about criminal law — until the moment they need it: a traffic stop that turns serious, a call from a friend in jail, a dispute that escalates, a teenager’s terrible choice. Wyoming Penal Code Made Simple is the clear, honest guide for that moment, and for all the moments before it, when a little knowledge could have prevented the whole thing. Kimani Upshur, M.Ed. walks you through the Wyoming Criminal Code — Title 6 of the Wyoming Statutes — and the related drug, traffic, and procedure laws in language anyone can understand. You will learn how to read the code and what those section numbers mean, how the system works — police, prosecutors, public defenders, and courts — and how felonies versus misdemeanors, the two buckets that determine everything, sort real offenses. The book covers crimes against persons and property, drugs, weapons, fraud, and DUI, the defenses the law recognizes — including Wyoming’s ‘no duty to retreat’ self-defense law — and your rights at every step. Its framework is three words: Know. Assert. Protect. This is general education, not legal advice, and the book says so plainly. Written from a Christian worldview — Scripture first.