California Court of Appeal

Defendant's conviction for battery on a police dog is affirmed over his challenges that the court 1) refused to instruct on the definition of "maliciously," 2) failed to instruct on the term "without legal justification," and 3) failed to provide instructions on the elements of Penal Code section 600(a).

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/16/2004
• Published 12/16/2004

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Betsy S. Kimball, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Mary Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, and Wanda Hill Rouzan, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.