CASPER — A former Casper police officer who was involved in an armed standoff last year has appealed to the Wyoming Supreme Court to throw out a Natrona County District Court judge’s decision to ignore a plea deal and sentence him to five times the maximum sentence he expected to receive.

Michael Scott Hughes shot through his apartment window at Natrona County Sheriff’s deputies and into an apartment ceiling during a 17-hour standoff on Aug. 22-23, 2024, at Quail Run Apartments in Casper.

He is asking the high court to reverse actions by District Court Judge Catherine Wilking in her sentencing on Aug. 20, 2025.

Wilking sentenced him to 21 to 26 years in prison, adhering to a five-year cap for each of the five aggravated assault and battery charges he faced. But the judge made them conse

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