STATE v. MORIVAL

No. 2D10-4383.

75 So.3d 810 (2011)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Evens MORIVAL, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 7, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marilyn Muir Beccue , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellant.

Dina Busciglio Sheridan of Busciglio & Sheridan Law Group, Tampa, for Appellee.


ALTENBERND, Judge.

The State appeals an order dismissing the information against Evens Morival that charged him with two counts of felony animal cruelty. Mr. Morival owned two dogs that were discovered in his apartment in a severely undernourished and emaciated condition. The State maintains that Mr. Morival intentionally starved the dogs, causing them excessive or unnecessary pain and suffering. Because Mr. Morival failed to satisfy the rather heavy burden on him...

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