Patterson v. City of Richmond

JEAN HARRISON CLEMENTS, Judge.

Barbara Patterson was convicted in a bench trial of failing to exercise proper care and control of her dogs to prevent them from becoming a public nuisance, in violation of Richmond City Code § 4-63. On appeal, she contends the trial court erred (1) in failing to strike the evidence presented by the City of Richmond (City) on the grounds it was insufficient to show she created a public, rather than private, nuisance; (2) in refusing to quash the summons on the grounds it was based on events not directly observed by the issuing officer; (3) in admitting into…