District Court of Appeal of Florida

A conviction of felony cruelty to animals is affirmed where the evidence supported defendant's conviction for shooting an opossum with a BB gun since the criminal statute at issue does not require an intent to cause the cruel death of an animal, but only an intent to commit an act that results in the cruel death.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/24/2006
• Published 05/24/2006

Judges

• GROSS, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Phillip Menditto and Fred Haddad of Fred Haddad, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine Y. McIntire, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.