State v. Pollock

BERREY, Judge.

Gerald Pollock, Jr., appehant herein, was tried by the court and found guilty of the misdemeanor offense of “possess[ing] a deer taken in closed season” in violation of § 252.040, RSMo.1994, and/or 3 CSR 10-7.435 of the Missouri Conservation Commission. Appehant appeals his conviction and sentence of 30 days in jail and a $300.00 fine.

In early June of 1994, Vaughn Walters, a game warden with the Missouri Department of Conservation, received a telephone call from a person identifying himself as appellant. Walters testified he did not know appellant and had not previously spoken…