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STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v CATHERINE GERTRUDE BENDER, Defendant-Appellant.

UNPUBLISHED March 22, 2012

No. 302792 Ottawa Circuit Court LC No. 10-034936-FH

Before: WHITBECK, P.J., and JANSEN and K. F. KELLY, JJ. PER CURIAM. Defendant, Catherine Gertrude Bender, appeals as of right from her convictions for unlawful killing of an animal, MCL 750.50b; conspiracy to commit the unlawful killing of an animal, MCL 750.157a; larceny in a building, MCL 750.360; and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b. Defendant was sentenced to pay restitution for the unlawful killing of an animal, six months' incarceration for conspiracy to commit the unlawful killing of an animal, six months' incarceration for larceny in a building, and two years' imprisonment for felony-firearm. We affirm. A. BASIC FACTS This case stems from the killing of "Mildred"

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