CAMPBELL v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 1 CA-SA 95-0333.

186 Ariz. 526 (1996)

924 P.2d 1045

Donald CAMPBELL, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Arizona, In and For the COUNTY OF MARICOPA, The Honorable Christopher Skelly, a judge thereof, Respondent Judge, The PHOENIX CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department D.

September 10, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal W. Bassett, Phoenix, for Petitioner.

Roderick G. McDougall, Phoenix City Attorney by Gregory L. Hanchett, Asst. City Prosecutor, Phoenix, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

PATTERSON, Judge.

This special action presents the question of whether the misdemeanor offense of cruelty to animals is a crime of moral turpitude which entitles Petitioner to a jury trial. We hold that it does not.

I. BACKGROUND

Donald Campbell ("Petitioner") put hot dogs containing rat poison on his front lawn. A neighbor's cat was subsequently poisoned after eating one. Petitioner later acknowledged that...

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