Commonwealth v. Park

By Judge Stanley P. Klein

This matter is before the Court on Defendant Gina Park’s Motion for Reconsideration of the Court’s ruling and orders of May 7,1999. On April 29, 1999, this Court conducted a bench trial to determine whether Park’s husky and doberman pincher violated Virginia Code § 3.1-796.116, proscribing the killing, injuring, or chasing of livestock or poultry by dogs. Finding the dogs to have violated that code section, the Court ordered that the dogs be removed from the Commonwealth to a state non-contiguous with Virginia.

Park asks the Court to reconsider its ruling, arguing,…