Supreme Court of Florida

Section 828.12(2), Florida Statutes, prohibiting cruelty to animals, constitutes a general intent crime, and a due process attack on that statute was properly dismissed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/19/2002
• Published 12/19/2002

Judges

• ANSTEAD, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Kathleen Stover, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard E. Doran, Attorney General, James W. Rogers, Tallahassee Bureau Chief, Criminal Appeals, and Daniel A. David, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.