Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

A decision reversing a conviction for cruelty to animals, arising from circumstances in which defendant-veterinarian struck a neighbor's dog and killed it when it was in his yard with his chickens, is reversed as, under the circumstances, defendant failed to meet his burden of production to show the applicability of his claimed defense under Health and Safety Code section 822.033.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/20/2007
• Published 06/20/2007

Judges

• KELLER, P.J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which MEYERS, WOMACK, KEASLER, HERVEY, HOLCOMB and COCHRAN, JJ., joined.

Court

• Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David L. Richards, Fort Worth, for Appellant., David M. Curl, Anne Swenson, Assistant Criminal District Attys., Fort Worth, Matthew Paul, State's Atty., Austin, for State.