People v. Fitzsimmons CA4/1

Filed 12/6/24 P. v. Fitzsimmons CA4/

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COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

THE PEOPLE, D081577

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. SCD290054)

MICHAEL EDWARD FITZSIMMONS,

Defendant and Appellant.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Joan P. Weber, Judge. Affirmed. Crowley and Crowley and Nate Crowley for Defendant and Appellant. Rob Bonta, Attorney General, Lance E. Winters and Charles C. Ragland, Assistant Attorneys General, Arlene A. Sevidal, Andrew Mestman and Susan Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. A jury convicted Michael Edward Fitzsimmons of animal cruelty (Pen.

Code,1 § 597, subd. (a); count 1), and…