Crippled dog beaten to death
San Jose, CA (US)

Incident Date: Tuesday, Feb 28, 1995
County: Santa Clara

Disposition: Not Charged

Person of Interest: Andrew Douglas Burnett

Attorney Marc Garcia promised that Andrew Burnett would testify in the 2001 death of Leo, that he reflexively dropped Leo on the road after the dog bit him and the bichon then scampered across the road and under the wheels of a passing car.

But Garcia scrapped calling Burnett to the stand after the judge ruled that if the defendant testified Leo's death was accidental, prosecutors could summon witnesses who would testify that, when Burnett was a Navy sentry six years ago, he clubbed to death a crippled dog that other sailors adopted as a mascot.

References

• SF Gate News - June 20, 2001

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