State of Maine v. Harvey Austin Jr.

[¶ 1] Harvey Austin Jr. appeals from a judgment of conviction of abuse of property for failing to label an observation stand (Class E), 12 M.R.S. §. 10652(1)(B)(2) (2014), entered in the trial court (Somerset County, Mullen, J.) following a bench trial. Austin contends that when he purchased his hunting license he was given a magazine summarizing Maine hunting laws and rules, endorsed by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IF&W), that misstated the law concerning tree stands, and for that reason the State was equitably estopped from prosecuting him. 1 We affirm the judgment.