The People v. Curtis Basile

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Term should be affirmed.

Acting on an anonymous tip of potential mistreatment of a dog, a special agent for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) responded to a residential address in Queens County. As the ASPCA agent later testified at trial, he discovered a long-haired, mixed-breed German shepard, confined to a garbage-strewn backyard by a four-foot lead tied to a fence. The dog looked skinny; its bones were prominent. The animal had fly bites on its ears and there were flies around its head; there was…