People v. Bergen
Colorado Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge DAVIDSON.
Defendant, Wendy Anne Bergen, appeals from the judgments of conviction entered upon jury verdicts finding her guilty of dog-fighting, conspiracy to commit dogfighting, and accessory to dogfighting. We affirm.
Defendant was an investigative reporter with the news department of a Denver television station. In 1989, Denver passed an ordinance disallowing ownership of pitbull terriers, known as “pitbulls,” a breed commonly used as fighting dogs. Shortly after the ordinance was enacted, defendant began work on a feature story concerning dogfight-ing in Colorado.
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