Legal Opinion
Hurd v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 3, 2010No. 2725 September Term, 2008PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SALMON, Judge.
Arthur Pereschuk, in July of 2007, owned a two-year-old Labrador Retriever named Bristol. 1 Mr Pereschuk and his dog lived in a rural area of Washington County near the appellant, Jeffrey Hurd. Also living nearby was Mr. Pereschuk’s son-in-law, James Randolph. Randolph owned a German Shepherd named Harley.
On July 22, 2007, Hurd saw Mr. Pereschuk’s dog chasing a deer on his (Hurd’s) property. Hurd picked up his high power rifle and shot Bristol twice. The second shot was fatal.
About ten months after Hurd killed Bristol, on May 8, 2008, Hurd saw Randolph’s German shepherd chasing…
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