State v. Hill

ELLIS, Judge.

Vicki Hill appeals from her jury conviction for misdemeanor animal abuse pursuant to § 578.012,1 for purposely or intentionally causing injury or suffering to an animal. Hill was sentenced to four months in the Jackson County Department of Corrections, with execution of the sentence stayed pending appeal.

On April 21, 1996, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Grandview Police Officers Jeffrey Moreland and Tom Portman responded to 6408 East 150th Street in Grandview, Missouri after being dispatched to a call made from that residence to the Suicide Prevention Hotline. Upon arrival, the…