State v. Coble

HUNTER, Judge.

Mary Coble (“defendant”) appeals from a judgment dated 4 September 2002 entered consistent with a jury verdict finding her guilty of misdemeanor cruelty to animals. As a result of her conviction, defendant was sentenced to a jail term of forty-five days. We conclude there was no error in defendant’s trial.

The State’s evidence presented at trial beginning on 3 September 2002 tends to show that on 23 May 2001 Scott Townsend (“Townsend”), a deputy with the animal control department, responded to a report of cruelty to animals at defendant’s address. From a vantage point at a…