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STATE v. PETERSON

No. 66876-5-I.

301 P.3d 1060 (2013)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Mary Dawn PETERSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

May 20, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Washington Appellate Project, Attorney at Law, Maureen Marie Cyr , Washington Appellate Project, Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Charles Franklin Blackman , c/o Snohomish County Pros Atty, Everett, WA, for Respondent.

Adam Phillip Karp , Animal Law Offices of Adam P. Karp, Bellingham, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Animal Legal Defense Fund.

SCHINDLER, J.

¶ 1 To convict a person of animal cruelty in the first degree, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that acting with criminal negligence, the defendant starves, dehydrates, or suffocates an animal resulting in substantial and unjustifiable physical pain extending over a period of time sufficient to cause considerable suffering or death. Mary Dawn Peterson appeals her conviction of six counts of animal cruelty in the first degree. Peterson...

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