State v. Hammond

After a jury trial in the Circuit Court of Cass County, Appellant Roy Vance Hammond was convicted of misdemeanor animal abuse, in violation of § 578.012.1 Hammond appeals. He argues that the circuit court erred in refusing to allow his attorney to read the Missouri Constitution's "right-to-farm" amendment (Art. I, § 35) to the jury, and in refusing his alternative request that the jury be advised of the amendment in an instruction. Finding no error, we affirm.

Factual Background

On March 29, 2016, Corporal John Sutcliff of the Cass County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a call that a horse…