Townsend v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

The defendant was accused of hunting on the land of another without permission. More specifically, the accusation charged that on March 20, 1983, the defendant hunted “on the land of Dr. Miller S. Bell without his permission contrary to the laws” of this State. Upon the trial of the case, the defendant was convicted by a jury.

On the day in question, Marion Nelson, a Department of Natural Resources conservation officer, observed the defendant on “the Bell property” in Wilkinson County, Georgia. The defendant was dressed in camouflage and he was carrying a loaded…