After starting deliberations again on December 16, jurors in the Ray Christie case took one break at 11 a.m. and another break at 2:55 p.m.
They left at 5 p.m.
Christie is charged with four felony counts of animal cruelty and 38 misdemeanor counts of littering within 150 feet of state waters.
From Shouse law:
Penal Code 597 PC, California's general animal cruelty law, is a wobbler. A "wobbler" is a charge that the prosecutor may choose to file as either a misdemeanor or a felony, depending on the specific facts of the case, and defendant's criminal history.
If convicted of PC 597 animal cruelty as a misdemeanor, the potential consequences are up to one year in a county jail and a maximum $20,000 fine.
The penalties for felony animal abuse in California are 16 months, or two, or three years in the California state prison and the same maximum fine.
Additional consequences can include (but are not limited to):
having the animal(s) permanently removed from your care,paying the costs associated with housing the animal(s) from the time of seizure to the time of your conviction,completing court-ordered counseling as a term of your California probation sentence, and an additional and consecutive one-year in the state prison if your animal cruelty offense involved the use of a deadly or dangerous weapon.
According to one of Christie's attorney, Mr. John Cogorno, the penalty for each misdemeanor is 6 months in jail and a 1,000 fine.
Previous posts:
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2019/12/juror-5-discharged-ray-christie-jury-to.html?m=1
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2019/12/today-might-be-last-day-we-got-in.html?m=1
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