Legal Opinion
People v. Arroyo
Criminal Court of the City of New York
Decided March 4, 2004PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Margarita Lopez Torres, J.
This case presents the court with a novel question: Does a pet owner commit an act of cruelty, for which he or she could be prosecuted criminally, by not providing an ill pet (in this case, terminally ill) with medical care? To answer this question the court must review not only the statute forbidding cruelty against animals, but also constitutional due process principles requiring fair notice of conduct that is criminally proscribed, as well as our current standards of morality with respect to pet owners’ duty to provide medical care for their…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- People v. HuntleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
- United States v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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