State v. Nance

TIMMONS-GOODSON, Judge.

On 20 September 2000, a jury found Carolyn Nance (“defendant”) guilty of six counts of misdemeanor cruelty to an animal. Before trial, defendant made a motion to suppress evidence seized by animal control officers without a warrant. Specifically, defendant objected to the officers’ seizure of six horses owned by defendant. Defendant’s motion to suppress came before the trial court on 18 September 2000, at which time the trial court made the following pertinent findings of fact:

5. On December 18, 1998, Animal Control Officers received a telephone call . . . concerning…