People v. Ruger

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Washington County (Berke, J.), rendered May 21, 1999, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crime of cruelty to animals.

Following conviction of cruelty to animals, defendant was *687sentenced to a jail terra of one year. The relevant facts underlying defendant’s conviction can be found in our decision concerning her codefendant (People v Van Guilder, 282 AD2d 773, lv denied 96 NY2d 836). On appeal, defendant contends that she was denied a fair trial due to prejudicial media attention, the sentence imposed was harsh and excessive and she was…