Baxter v. State

OPINION

BARNES, Judge.

Case Summary

Terry Baxter appeals his convictions on four counts of Class D felony failure to properly dispose of a dead animal and twelve counts of Class B misdemeanor neglect of an animal. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Issues

The restated issues before us are:

I. whether the statutes criminalizing improper disposal of a dead animal are constitutional;

II. whether the trial court abused its discretion in allowing Bartholomew County Animal Control (“Animal Control”) to participate in this case with respect to nine horses that had been seized from Baxter;

III. whether…