HAMILTON v. STATE

No. 4D12-4480.

128 So.3d 872 (2013)

Hume HAMILTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 16, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Stickney , Fort Lauderdale for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Melynda L. Melear , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The 82-year-old appellant was convicted of violating section 828.12(2), Florida Statutes (2012), which makes it a third degree felony to "intentionally commit[] an act to any animal which results in the cruel death, or excessive or repeated infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering." In Reynolds v. State, 842 So.2d 46, 51 (Fla. 2002), the Supreme Court held that this statute "contains a requirement of a general...

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