Larry D. Knox v. State of Indiana

OPINION

NAJAM, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Larry D. Knox appeals his conviction for torturing or mutilating a vertebrate animal, a Class D felony, following a bench trial. Knox raises a single issue for our review, namely, whether the State present ed sufficient evidence to support his conviction. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In the evening of December 4, 2012, Knox came home and found “a cat in his house.” Tr. at 18. Knox “tried to remove the cat by opening the front door and kicking the cat outside,” but instead of leaving, the cat “hissed and then ran around him and entered the…