Too bad they can't somehow get Robert Noel back in prison at the same time.

Calif. Supreme Court overturns trial judge in Dianne Whipple Murder Case

A woman whose dogs viciously attacked and killed her neighbor in the
hallway of their apartment building seven years ago was sentenced
Monday to 15 years to life in prison.

Marjorie Knoller was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2001
mauling death of Dianne Whipple, but a judge later reduced the charge
to involuntary manslaughter and sentenced her in 2002 to a four-year
prison term.

But the California Supreme Court last year said the trial judge was
wrong and sent the case back. Last month, Superior Court Judge
Charlotte Woolard reinstated the murder conviction, for which Knoller
was sentenced Monday.

The case is the California's first murder conviction connected to a
dog mauling, prosecutors say.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080922/..._dog_mauling_4

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Too bad they can't somehow get Robert Noel back in prison at the same
time.

Calif. Supreme Court overturns trial judge in Dianne Whipple Murder Case

A woman whose dogs viciously attacked and killed her neighbor in the
hallway of their apartment building seven years ago was sentenced
Monday to 15 years to life in prison.

Marjorie Knoller was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2001
mauling death of Dianne Whipple, but a judge later reduced the charge
to involuntary manslaughter and sentenced her in 2002 to a four-year
prison term.

But the California Supreme Court last year said the trial judge was
wrong and sent the case back. Last month, Superior Court Judge
Charlotte Woolard reinstated the murder conviction, for which Knoller
was sentenced Monday.

The case is the California's first murder conviction connected to a
dog mauling, prosecutors say.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080922/..._dog_mauling_4

My first reaction was that a person could not be convicted of murder in
such a situation unless the dogs were trained to kill and she directed them
to do so, and not in self-defense. But other details, such as her not
calling 911, and apparently making no attempt to mitigate the attack, would
IMO constitute second degree murder, as would a fatal hit-and-run accident.

And, if the other allegations were also true, it sounds like the
reistatement of the murder conviction was the proper thing to do.

Paul and Muttley