Gender: Male
Approximate Age: 17
Location: Beaumont, TX (US)

History

Jan 17, 2005 - Beaumont, TX (US)
Convicted: Cat beaten with shovel

Sentence: French, who has maintained the cat was dead when he and two friends beat it with shovels in a Beaumont drainage ditch, had pleaded no contest to felony animal cruelty charges.

On July 14, 2008, Judge Layne Walker of the 252nd District Court found French guilty of the lesser-included misdemeanor offense of criminal mischief. Walker said he did not believe enough evidence had been preserved to convict French of the felony animal cruelty offense.

Citing arguments advanced by French's defense attorney, Walker said without the cat's body, French's claim of beating the cat after it was dead could not be refuted beyond a reasonable doubt.... more...