Even though it happened over nine years ago, you may remember that this bitch of a lawyer and her lawyer husband stood by without lifting a finger and watched as their dogs mauled a neighbor - the women's lacrosse coach at St. Mary's College – to death.
DOG MAULING MURDER CONVICTION UPHELD
By Bob Walsh
PACOVILLA Corrections blog
August 24, 2010
A state appeals court ruled Friday that the murder conviction of attorney Marjorie Knoller for the death of her neighbor, Diane Whipple, was appropriate.
Superior Court Judge James Warren had reduced Knoller’s second-degree murder conviction to involuntary manslaughter. Paco’s readers will probably recall that Knoller’s 140 pound Presa Canario killed Whipple in the corridor of their apartment building. Judge Charlotte Woolard reinstated the second-degree murder conviction and sent Knoller back to the slammer. In a 3-0 ruling the First District Court of Appeal said that Knoller knew the dog was dangerous and also knew she could not physically control the animal. The court found that she acted with "conscious disregard for human life." Her lawyer has vowed to appeal to the state supreme court, and to the federal courts if necessary.
Knoller’s husband Robert Noel was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the same case.
Mrs Knoller is believed to have had an unusually strong personal attachment to the male dog, Bane, who was the primary attacker of Whipple, though the female dog, Hera, may have also taken part.
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