Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Baumgartner

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 4, 2019No. 795 MDA 2018PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY MURRAY, J.:

*13 Charles Baumgartner (Appellant) appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed after a jury convicted him of animal fighting for amusement or gain. 1 Appellant claims the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. After careful review, we affirm.

Appellant was charged as a result of an incident that occurred on March 9, 2017. The criminal complaint states:

[Appellant] did bring his white pit bull or bully dog named Menace to the area of 14th and Swatara Streets to fight a pit bull dog belonging to Adam Aviles. [Appellant] did slap his dog several times and…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MelvinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Commonwealth v. ClarkeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  3. Commonwealth v. McCoySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  4. Commonwealth v. Giulian v. Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  5. Commonwealth v. HoodSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Com. v. Dunkins, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  2. Com. v. Munson, H.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2021
  3. Com. v. Dunkins, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  4. Com. v. Bennett, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  5. Com. v. Canganelli, E.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019

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