People v. Shanks

Appeal from an order of the County Court of Otsego County (Burns, J.), entered February 17, 2012, which, among other things, affirmed the judgment of the Town Court of the Town of Oneonta in favor of petitioner.

This appeal arises from a proceeding in which Ghost, respondent’s American pit bull terrier, was found to be a dangerous dog within the meaning of Agriculture and Markets Law § 123. In November 2011, respondent and her daughter were walking Ghost, who was collared, harnessed and leashed, down the sidewalk of Chestnut Street in the Town of Oneonta, Otsego County. Ranger, a German…