DAUPHINE v. U.S.

No. 12-CM-39.

73 A.3d 1029 (2013)

Nico DAUPHINE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 29, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Suissa , Silver Spring, MD, was on the brief for appellant.

Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, and Elizabeth Trosman , Chrisellen Kolb , and Margaret Barr , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before FISHER and THOMPSON, Associate Judges, and PRYOR, Senior Judge.


PRYOR, Senior Judge:

After a nonjury trial, appellant was found guilty of attempted cruelty to animals in violation of D.C.Code §§ 22-1001, -1803 (2001). On appeal she contends the evidence was legally insufficient, and specifically that recent amendment of the statute changed it to a specific intent offense, thus rendering the evidence insufficient to convict. Being unpersuaded by these contentions, we affirm.

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