PEOPLE v. FLORES

No. A135252.

216 Cal.App.4th 251 (2013)

156 Cal. Rptr. 3d 648

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ARMANDO GONZALES FLORES, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

May 13, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Hong for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler , Assistant Attorney General, Rene A. Chacon and Juliet B. Haley , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

REARDON, P. J.

In this case, we are called upon to determine whether substantial evidence supports the conviction of defendant Armando Gonzales Flores regarding the attack of an elderly man by a pit bull owned by defendant. California does not criminalize mere ownership of a pit bull or any similar animal. However, if a person knows his or her animal is mischievous and fails to exercise ordinary care, and as a result a human...

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