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California Judge Reinstates Murder Conviction in Dog Mauling Case

By Mark Jakubik

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A woman whose dog mauled her neighbor to death could go back to prison for several years after a Superior Court judge reinstated on Friday the jury’s original second-degree murder conviction. “The defendant acted with conscious disregard for human life,” said Judge Charlotte Woolard, after listing some of more than 30 incidents in which Marjorie Knoller’s dogs bit or lunged at other people, and quoting from a veterinarian’s letter warning the dogs were dangerous. Woolard then reinstated the jury’s conviction of second-degree murder for Knoller in connection to the death of Dianne Whipple in 2001. The presiding judge had thrown out that charge and convicted Knoller of involuntary manslaughter in March 2002...continue to full post

Full post as published by Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog on August 23, 2008 (boomark / email).

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