Sentencing Is Today in Dog Mauling Case
The husband and wife convicted on charges related to the fatal dog mauling of a neighbor are scheduled to be sentenced today, although a judge is expected to first rule on a bid for a new trial.
Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel were caretakers of the two large Presa Canarios that pounced on college lacrosse coach Diane Whipple on her apartment doorstep last year.
Knoller was convicted in March of second-degree murder and faces 15 years to life. Noel faces four years.
Knoller is seeking a new trial on grounds she received ineffective counsel.
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