Legal Opinion

State v. Hudson

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided January 17, 1984PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SCOLNIK, Justice.

The defendant, Peter Hudson, appeals from his conviction of cruelty to animals, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 510 (1983), after a jury trial on February 2, 1983 in Superior Court (Cumberland County). . The defendant was accused of recklessly depriving his horse of necessary sustenance. The presiding justice imposed a suspended thirty day county jail sentence with one year of probation. As a specific condition of probation, the defendant was required to pay $3,015.96 restitution to the Maine State Society for the Protection of Animals (MSSPA) for the expenses incurred in nursing the horse…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State v. ParkerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
  2. State v. BlanchardSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1979
  3. Concord General Mutual Insurance v. Patrons-Oxford Mutual InsuranceSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
  4. State v. VainioSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
  5. State v. WilliamsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1981

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3Cited by18 opinions

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  4. State v. ParksSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1988
  5. Smith v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984

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