State v. Klingelhoets

¶ 1. GUNDRUM, J.

This case stems from an incident in which Shawn M. Klingelhoets shot his neighbor's dog three times with a pellet gun, causing injury so severe the dog needed to be euthanized. Klingelhoets appeals from the judgment convicting him of a Class I felony for intentionally mistreating an animal, resulting in the animal's death, contrary to Wis. Stat. §§ 951.02 and 951.18(1) (2009-10),1 and convicting him of a Class A misdemeanor for intentionally shooting a tied animal with a deadly weapon, contrary to Wis. Stat. § 951.09(1). He also appeals from the order denying his…