Dog Owner Gets 15 Years For Fatal Mauling

Scott Kappes

Contributor
(866) 735-1102 Ext 346

0 CommentsPrint ArticleSubscribe

On Monday a California judge sentenced dog owner Marjorie Knoller to 15 years to life in prison, seven years after her two 100+ pound Presa Canarios fatally mauled her neighbor in the hallway of her apartment building. A jury originally convicted Knoller of second-degree murder, but a judge reduced the conviction to involuntary manslaughter landing Knoller a four year sentence in 2002.

Last year the California Supreme Court ordered that the second-degree murder conviction be reinstated. Knoller was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the second-degree murder charge on Monday.

Knoller’s attorneys plan to appeal the decision.