Court Opinion

ID: 9544410
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:55:28.388996+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:12:56.588140
License: Public Domain

HOFFMAN, Judge,
concurring in part, dissenting in part.
I concur except to that part of the majority opinion which affirmed the conviction for the violation of .C. 85-46-3-12.5 The uneontro-verted testimony of Chestena Rogers, Craig Rogers and Fred Boushehry clearly sets out that the goose was seriously injured and would endure prolonged suffering unless killed. Boushehry used an accepted method *1182of killing fowl by cutting off its head. Neither Officer Bykowski nor Jim Waugh testified as to the condition of the goose. I would reverse the remaining conviction for cruelty to an animal.

. This cause demonstrates the practice of "overcharging". The charging of eleven criminal offenses for the taking of two Canada geese is beyond the comprehension of any fair minded person. This practice should be condemned.