PEOPLE v. FENNELL

Docket No. 241339.

677 N.W.2d 66 (2004)

260 Mich. App. 261

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stephen R. FENNELL, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided January 8, 2004, at 9:00 a.m.

Released for Publication April 2, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Michael E. Duggan, Prosecuting Attorney, Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, and Olga Agnello, Principal Attorney, Appeals, for the people.

Mark J. Kriger, Detroit, for the defendant.

Before: GAGE, P.J., and WHITE and COOPER, JJ.


COOPER, J.

Following a jury trial, defendant Stephen R. Fennell was convicted of nineteen counts of willfully and maliciously torturing or killing animals, MCL 750.50b(2). The trial court sentenced him to three years' probation, with the first year to be served in the county jail. He was acquitted of an additional charge of burning a building. Defendant appeals as of right. We affirm.

In this case we are asked to determine whether the animal torture statute...

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