State v. Sorenson

YETKA, Justice.

Appellant, Cal S. Sorenson, appeals his conviction by the Kittson County District Court for transporting a loaded, uncased firearm in a motor vehicle in violation of Minn.Stat. § 97B.045(1) (1988). The court of appeals affirmed the conviction. We also affirm.

On November 9, 1987, during deer hunting season, State Conservation Officer Brian Buria drove to appellant’s hunting camp located in Caribou Township in Kittson County. Even though he had never seen hunters on appellant’s land before, he assumed that it was a hunting camp because of a recent increase in traffic in the area…