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People v. Burnett

California Court of Appeal

Decided July 22, 2003No. H023393PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

PREMO, J.

Incensed that the driver behind him tapped his car with her bumper, defendant Andrew Douglas Burnett, snatched her little white dog Leo out of her car and threw him onto a crowded roadway, where he was run over by a minivan and killed. Defendant was convicted of animal cruelty and received three years in state prison. On appeal, he challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, the instructions, and the competence of counsel.

FACTS

Shortly before 8:00 p.m. on February 11, 2000, Sara McBurnett was driving her 1997 Subaru Legacy northbound on Airport Boulevard to the San Jose…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
  4. People v. JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
  5. People v. EwoldtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1994

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. People v. RomeroCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006
  2. Ram's Gate Winery, LLC v. RocheCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2015
  3. People v. HillCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006
  4. In re BrownCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2013
  5. People v. ZarazuaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2008

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