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Court To Rule Within 3 Months On S.F. Mauling Case

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Mar 7, 2007 1:55 pm US/Pacific

Court To Rule Within 3 Months On S.F. Mauling Case

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) ― The California Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling within three months on whether to uphold a a second-degree murder conviction in that San Francisco dog mauling case in 2001.

During arguments Tuesday, a deputy state attorney general argued that a judge in a lower court was in error when he reduced Marjorie Knoller's conviction to manslaughter.

But Knoller's lawyer told the court that his client had to know the dogs were more than just dangerous—she had to know they were going to kill someone.

Knoller owned two large dogs that attacked and killed Diane Whipple in her apartment building in January of 2001.

The fatal attack took place in the hallway of a Pacific Heights apartment building where Knoller and her husband—Robert Noel— lived down the hall from Whipple.

Knoller and Noel both served two years in prison on manslaughter charges.

If the murder conviction is upheld, it could mean a sentence of life in prison for Knoller.

(© CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Bay City News contributed to this report.)

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