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Photo: Bob Owen, Staff / San Antonio Express-News
Alphonso McCloud, left, and his wife, Stanyelle McCloud, accused of serious bodily injury after their pit bull Bully last year attacked Doris Mixon Smith and pulled off her arm just below the elbow and mangled her face, sit in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras in the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.
lessAlphonso McCloud, left, and his wife, Stanyelle McCloud, accused of serious bodily injury after their pit bull Bully last year attacked Doris Mixon Smith and pulled off her arm just below the elbow and mangled
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Doris Mixon Smith, left, whose arm was ripped off by a pit bull named Bully owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife, Stanyelle McCloud, takes her seat in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras in the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.
lessDoris Mixon Smith, left, whose arm was ripped off by a pit bull named Bully owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife, Stanyelle McCloud, takes her seat in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey
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Doris Mixon Smith describes how she was attacked while on the stand Friday in the 187th state District Court in the case against Alphonso McCloud and his wife, Stanyelle Miles-McCloud.
Doris Mixon Smith describes how she was attacked while on the stand Friday in the 187th state District Court in the case against Alphonso McCloud and his wife, Stanyelle Miles-McCloud.
Photo: Marvin Pfeiffer /San Antonio Express-News
Doris Mixon Smith shows the court where she was attacked while on the stand Friday.
Doris Mixon Smith shows the court where she was attacked while on the stand Friday.
Photo: Marvin Pfeiffer /San Antonio Express-News
The following photo contains content that some viewers may find disturbing.
The following photo contains content that some viewers may find disturbing.
GRAPHIC WARNING — On Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, the jury in the trial of Stanyelle Miles-McCloud and Alphonso McCloud saw one of three photographs of the San Antonio senior citizen mauled by the pair's pit bull, her arm ripped off, in 2017.
lessGRAPHIC WARNING — On Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, the jury in the trial of Stanyelle Miles-McCloud and Alphonso McCloud saw one of three photographs of the San Antonio senior citizen mauled by the pair's pit
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Doris Mixon Smith (left) talks about the scene of the attack in front of her home (pictured) while on the stand Friday.
Doris Mixon Smith (left) talks about the scene of the attack in front of her home (pictured) while on the stand Friday.
Photo: Marvin Pfeiffer /San Antonio Express-News
Doris Mixon Smith testifies that “The dog came at me when I was bent over with the pot in my hand” while on the stand Friday.
Doris Mixon Smith testifies that “The dog came at me when I was bent over with the pot in my hand” while on the stand Friday.
Photo: Marvin Pfeiffer /San Antonio Express-News
Stanyelle Miles-McCloud listens to defense attorney Kenneth Baker at the start of her dangerous dog trial along with co-defendant Alphonso McCloud. They are accused of serious bodily injury after their dog viciously attacked an elderly woman, whose left arm was severed from just below the elbow.
lessStanyelle Miles-McCloud listens to defense attorney Kenneth Baker at the start of her dangerous dog trial along with co-defendant Alphonso McCloud. They are accused of serious bodily injury after their dog
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Stanyelle Miles-McCloud listens to co-defendant Alphonso McCloud at the start of their trial.
Stanyelle Miles-McCloud listens to co-defendant Alphonso McCloud at the start of their trial.
Photo: Robin Jerstad / For The San Antonio Express News
Alphonso McCloud looks over the 187th District courtroom Thursday during opening statement's in the dangerous dog trial of himself and ex-wife, Stanyelle Miles-McCloud (r). They are accused of serious bodily injury after their dog viciously attacked an elderly woman, whose left arm was severed from just below the elbow.
lessAlphonso McCloud looks over the 187th District courtroom Thursday during opening statement's in the dangerous dog trial of himself and ex-wife, Stanyelle Miles-McCloud (r). They are accused of serious bodily
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Doris Mixon Smith (top left) responds to questions by prosecutor Daryl Harris (lower right) while on the stand Friday in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras.
Doris Mixon Smith (top left) responds to questions by prosecutor Daryl Harris (lower right) while on the stand Friday in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras.
Photo: Marvin Pfeiffer /San Antonio Express-News
Judge Joey Contreras listens to testimony Friday as Doris Mixon Smith takes the stand.
Judge Joey Contreras listens to testimony Friday as Doris Mixon Smith takes the stand.
Photo: Marvin Pfeiffer /San Antonio Express-News
Doris Mixon Smith tells defense attorney Kenneth Baker, “God left me here for a purpose, Mr. Baker,” while on the stand Friday.
Doris Mixon Smith tells defense attorney Kenneth Baker, “God left me here for a purpose, Mr. Baker,” while on the stand Friday.
Photo: Marvin Pfeiffer /San Antonio Express-News
Doris Mixon Smith (right) receives assistance as she leaves the stand after testifying Friday in the 187th state District Court in the case against Alphonso McCloud and his wife Stanyelle Miles-McCloud.
Doris Mixon Smith (right) receives assistance as she leaves the stand after testifying Friday in the 187th state District Court in the case against Alphonso McCloud and his wife Stanyelle Miles-McCloud.
Photo: Marvin Pfeiffer /San Antonio Express-News
Alphonso McCloud, left, and his wife, Stanyelle McCloud, accused of serious bodily injury after their pit bull Bully last year attacked Doris Mixon Smith and pulled off her arm just below the elbow and mangled her face, sit in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras in the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.
lessAlphonso McCloud, left, and his wife, Stanyelle McCloud, accused of serious bodily injury after their pit bull Bully last year attacked Doris Mixon Smith and pulled off her arm just below the elbow and mangled
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Doris Mixon Smith, right, whose arm was ripped off by a pit bull named Bully owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife, Stanyelle McCloud, walks with Kelly Walls, who tracks aggressive dog reports, after closing arguments in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras in the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.
lessDoris Mixon Smith, right, whose arm was ripped off by a pit bull named Bully owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife, Stanyelle McCloud, walks with Kelly Walls, who tracks aggressive dog reports, after closing
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Victim Doris Mixon Smith (right) walks with Kelly Walls, who tracks aggressive dog reports.
Victim Doris Mixon Smith (right) walks with Kelly Walls, who tracks aggressive dog reports.
Photo: Bob Owen /San Antonio Express-News
Doris Mixon Smith, whose arm was ripped off by a pit bull named Bully owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife, Stanyelle McCloud, appears in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras in the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.
lessDoris Mixon Smith, whose arm was ripped off by a pit bull named Bully owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife, Stanyelle McCloud, appears in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras in
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Doris Mixon Smith, center, whose arm was ripped off by a pit bull named Bully owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife, Stanyelle McCloud, talks with prosecutor Daryl Harris, in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras in the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.
lessDoris Mixon Smith, center, whose arm was ripped off by a pit bull named Bully owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife, Stanyelle McCloud, talks with prosecutor Daryl Harris, in the 187th state District Court,
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Doris Mixon Smith, whose arm was ripped off by a pit bull named Bully owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife Stanyelle McCloud, talks about he injuries in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras in the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.
lessDoris Mixon Smith, whose arm was ripped off by a pit bull named Bully owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife Stanyelle McCloud, talks about he injuries in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey
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Doris Mixon Smith, whose arm was ripped off by a pit bull named Bully owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife Stanyelle McCloud, talks about he injuries in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras in the Cadena-Reeves Justice Center, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2018.
lessDoris Mixon Smith, whose arm was ripped off by a pit bull named Bully owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife Stanyelle McCloud, talks about he injuries in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey
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Alphonso McCloud, left, and his wife Stanyelle McCloud, accused of serious bodily injury after their pit bull Bully last year attacked Doris Mixon Smith and pulled off her arm just below the elbow and mangled her face, sit in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras Fourth Floor, Cadena-Reeves Justice Center.
lessAlphonso McCloud, left, and his wife Stanyelle McCloud, accused of serious bodily injury after their pit bull Bully last year attacked Doris Mixon Smith and pulled off her arm just below the elbow and mangled
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Doris Mixon Smith, whose arm was pulled off just below the elbow and face mangled by a pit bull owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife Stanyelle McCloud, reacts to the guilty verdict in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras Fourth Floor, Cadena-Reeves Justice Center.
lessDoris Mixon Smith, whose arm was pulled off just below the elbow and face mangled by a pit bull owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife Stanyelle McCloud, reacts to the guilty verdict in the 187th state District
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Doris Mixon Smith, whose arm was pulled off just below the elbow and face mangled by a pit bull owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife Stanyelle McCloud, reacts to the guilty verdict in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras Fourth Floor, Cadena-Reeves Justice Center.
lessDoris Mixon Smith, whose arm was pulled off just below the elbow and face mangled by a pit bull owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife Stanyelle McCloud, reacts to the guilty verdict in the 187th state District
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Doris Mixon Smith, whose arm was pulled off just below the elbow and face mangled by a pit bull owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife Stanyelle McCloud, reacts to the guilty verdict in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras Fourth Floor, Cadena-Reeves Justice Center.
lessDoris Mixon Smith, whose arm was pulled off just below the elbow and face mangled by a pit bull owned by Alphonso McCloud and his wife Stanyelle McCloud, reacts to the guilty verdict in the 187th state District
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Alphonso McCloud reacts during questioning by prosecutor Daryl Harris in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras Fourth Floor, Cadena-Reeves Justice Center. McCloud and his wife Stanyelle McClouds pit bull Bully attacked Doris Mixon Smith, whose arm was pulled off just below the elbow and face mangled.
lessAlphonso McCloud reacts during questioning by prosecutor Daryl Harris in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras Fourth Floor, Cadena-Reeves Justice Center. McCloud and his wife
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Alphonso McCloud reacts during questioning by prosecutor Daryl Harris in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras Fourth Floor, Cadena-Reeves Justice Center. McCloud and his wife Stanyelle McClouds pit bull Bully attacked Doris Mixon Smith, whose arm was pulled off just below the elbow and face mangled.
lessAlphonso McCloud reacts during questioning by prosecutor Daryl Harris in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras Fourth Floor, Cadena-Reeves Justice Center. McCloud and his wife
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Alphonso McCloud prepares to be handcuffed in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras Fourth Floor, Cadena-Reeves Justice Center after being sentence to 4 years. McCloud and his wife Stanyelle McClouds pit bull Bully attacked Doris Mixon Smith, whose arm was pulled off just below the elbow and face mangled. Stanyelle received probation.
lessAlphonso McCloud prepares to be handcuffed in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras Fourth Floor, Cadena-Reeves Justice Center after being sentence to 4 years. McCloud and his wife
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Stanyelle McCloud, right looks at her husband Alphonso McCloud as they listen to Doris Mixon Smith read a statement following sentencing in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras Fourth Floor, Cadena-Reeves Justice Center.
lessStanyelle McCloud, right looks at her husband Alphonso McCloud as they listen to Doris Mixon Smith read a statement following sentencing in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras
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Stanyelle McCloud, right looks at her husband Alphonso McCloud as they listen to Doris Mixon Smith read a statement following sentencing in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras Fourth Floor, Cadena-Reeves Justice Center.
lessStanyelle McCloud, right looks at her husband Alphonso McCloud as they listen to Doris Mixon Smith read a statement following sentencing in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras
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Stanyelle McCloud, right looks at her husband Alphonso McCloud as they listen to Doris Mixon Smith read a statement following sentencing in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras Fourth Floor, Cadena-Reeves Justice Center.
lessStanyelle McCloud, right looks at her husband Alphonso McCloud as they listen to Doris Mixon Smith read a statement following sentencing in the 187th state District Court, presided by Judge Joey Contreras
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Couple convicted in pit bull attack that maimed San Antonio senior sentenced
With two shouted orders to “look at me,” a woman maimed by her neighbors’ pit bull in a 2017 attack addressed the dog owners in court Monday to tell them how her life was forever changed after their pet ripped off her arm and part of her face.
“I’m missing an arm. God gave me two,” Doris Mixon Smith, 73, told Alphonso McCloud and his wife, Stanyelle Miles-McCloud, shortly after a jury sentenced them — handing four years in prison to him and 10 years probation to her.
The panel that morning had found the pair, both decorated Army veterans, guilty of a dangerous dog attack that caused serious bodily injury, a third-degree felony.
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The pit bull, Bully, got out of his yard and charged at Mixon Smith as she was gardening on March 6, 2017. She said the dog latched onto her arm and never let go until it was ripped off just under the elbow. The right side of her face was torn from the eyebrow to her chin.
The attack was captured on a doorbell video and could be heard in two chilling 911 calls played during the trial.
Mixon Smith, in her impact statement, at times showed anger to McCloud, 27, because she said he showed no remorse for what his dog did to her at her home in the 8900 block of Mansfield on the far West Side.
“As a Christian, I have to forgive you, but tell, me, how can I forget?” she said. “I can no longer tie shoes, fasten my earrings, or dress myself.”
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She added that now, she can’t do the things she loved the most: hold her little dog, Penny, whom she says runs from her now. Or mow her lawn.
McCloud’s attorney had asked him what the jury should know while they determined his sentence. McCloud spoke about his military service and volunteer work.
“I’m originally from Detroit, I am from the hood, I’ve been blown up for my country,” he said. “I am not a criminal. I don’t appreciate social media and the news, everyone making me seem like a bad guy.”
Before the jury began to hear closings arguments in the punishment phase of the trial, state District Judge Joey Contreras raised the McClouds’ bonds to $250,000 each because a District Attorney’s Office investigator that morning photographed two other pit bulls in the yard at their current residence, a violation of a court order.
In July, state District Judge Steven Hilbig, who previously presided over the case, had ordered the pair to remove all dogs from their home next door to Mixon Smith. Then, the couple moved. Contreras angrily admonished the couple, saying that just because they moved didn’t mean they could get more dogs.
“The arrogance of the defendants is mind-boggling,” Contreras said. “Today, they defended a breed that ripped a woman’s arm off in front of their son!”
Their son, who was 10, was shown crying and beating the dog as it attacked Mixon Smith, who later called him a hero for trying to defend her.
Citing testimony from the punishment phase, Contreras was incredulous that a property manager had evicted them from a prior address because they lied about having dogs. He ordered both defendants remanded into custody “as soon as this jury is done” and set a Feb. 7 pre-sentencing investigation for Miles-McCloud, 31.
“This isn't a referendum on community safety or her horrible injuries,” Alphonso McCloud's defense attorney, Kenneth Baker, told the jury in his closing argument before the verdict was reached.
He said prosecutors were trying play to jurors’ sympathy by showing pictures and video of the gruesome attack.
“We know there was serious bodily injury. Why did they spend so much time with pictures on video? …They lived there a year and Bully got out of the yard twice.”
Miles-McCloud's attorney, Edith Brown, repeated a response Alphonso McCloud made Friday when he testified, when asked how Bully was able to get out of the yard and attack his neighbor
“I don't know, and neither do you,” Brown told the jury.
Prosecutor Daryl Harris vehemently disagreed with Baker's argument that the case wasn't a referendum on community safety.
“It’s about the responsibility and obligation we have to each other,” he said.
