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PEOPLE v. ARROYO

3 Misc.3d 668 (2004)

777 N.Y.S.2d 836

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Plaintiff, v. MANUEL ARROYO, Defendant.

Criminal Court of the City of New York, Kings County.

March 4, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society, Brooklyn (Clinton Hughes of counsel), for defendant.

Charles J. Hynes, District Attorney (Anita Channapati of counsel), for plaintiff.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MARGARITA LOPEZ TORRES, J.

This case presents the court with a novel question: Does a pet owner commit an act of cruelty, for which he or she could be prosecuted criminally, by not providing an ill pet (in this case, terminally ill) with medical care? To answer this question the court must review not only the statute forbidding cruelty against animals, but also constitutional due process principles requiring fair notice of conduct that...

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