State v. Doriss

Opinion

FLYNN, J.

The defendant, William H. Doriss, appeals from the judgments of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of two counts of failure to restrain an animal from doing injury to another animal in violation of General *544Statutes § 53-247 (a).1 The trial court sentenced the defendant to two years of incarceration, execution suspended, and ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $2855. On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the state engaged in improper closing argument that deprived him of a fair trial and (2) the court abused its discretion by requiring him to pay…