Legal Opinion
In Re William G.
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 12, 1982No. 1418, September Term, 1981PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMason, J.
In this case we are asked to decide whether the Maryland Cruelty to Animals Statute is unconstitutionally vague. Article 27, sections 59 and 62 of the Maryland Code (1982 Repl. Vol.) in relevant part provide:
Section 59.
Any person who (1) overdrives, overloads, deprives of necessary sustenance, tortures, torments, cruelly beats, mutilates or cruelly kills; or (2) causes, procures or authorizes these acts; or (3) having the charge or custody of an animal, either as owner or otherwise, inflicts unnecessary suffering or pain upon the animal, or unnecessarily fails to provide the animal with…
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