State v. Sutton

Weltner, Justice.

Investigating a complaint of shooting deer out of season, a Georgia conservation ranger went to the home of Wallace Sutton and knocked on his front door. There was no answer. When the ranger walked around the side of the house, he saw a deer head hanging in an open area beneath Sutton’s back porch. He saw also two headless deer carcasses on the porch. The ranger again knocked on the front door. Sutton came to the door, and the ranger told him that he had seen the deer. Prior to any questioning by the ranger, Sutton said: “Okay, I’m Wallace Sutton and I shot the deer.” The…