Legal Opinion
Dauphine v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 29, 2013No. 12-CM-39PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Senior Judge:
After a nonjury trial, appellant was found guilty of attempted cruelty to animals in violation of D.C.Code §§ 22-1001, -1803 (2001). On appeal she contends the evidence was legally insufficient, and specifically that recent amendment of the statute changed it to a specific intent offense, thus rendering the evidence insufficient to convict. Being unpersuaded by these contentions, we affirm.
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At trial, the government’s evidence revealed that for approximately five years prior to the date of the incident, Ms. Frances Sterling, a resident of the Park Square Apartments, had…
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