REGALADO v. U.S.

No. 88-72.

572 A.2d 416 (1990)

Peter REGALADO, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janell M. Wolfe, Falls Church, Va., appointed by this court, was on the brief, for appellant.

Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., and John R. Fisher, Thomas J. Tourish, Nancy Woodward, Washington, D.C., and Oscar S. Mayers, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROGERS, Chief Judge, and SCHWELB, Associate Judge, and KERN, Senior Judge.


ROGERS, Chief Judge:

Appellant Peter Regalado appeals from his conviction by a jury of cruelty to animals, D.C.Code § 22-801 (1989 Repl.)1, on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction. Specifically, he contends that there was insufficient evidence of specific intent. We hold that the statute requires only proof of general intent with malice, and accordingly, we...

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