5-9-132. Authority to set bail; preliminary examinations.
(a) Judges and magistrates of the circuit court are authorized to set bail before trial in accordance with this subsection and with the rules of the Wyoming supreme court. Judges and magistrates of the circuit court shall have the power and the duty to decide promptly the bail application of any person arrested for a violation of state law within the county, whether or not the formal document charging the person with a violation of state law has been filed with the court.
(b) Preliminary examinations for persons charged with a felony shall be conducted by the circuit court judge or magistrate.
(c) Preliminary examinations of persons charged with a misdemeanor shall not be conducted for a determination of probable cause.