People v. Basile

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

Ordered that the judgment of conviction is affirmed.

Defendant was charged with failing to provide proper sustenance to an animal (Agriculture and Markets Law § 353). At a jury trial, a special agent of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) testified that he had responded to a residential location in Queens County to investigate a complaint regarding the possible abuse of a dog. Upon arriving at the location, the agent proceeded to the backyard, which was strewn with garbage, where he observed an obviously underfed and dirty,…