State v. Snow

CLIFFORD, Justice.

The defendant, Stephen Snow, appeals a judgment entered following a non-jury trial in the Superior Court, Cumberland County, finding him guilty of possession of lobsters on a boat rigged for otter trawling, 12 M.R.S.A. § 6952 (Supp.1986) (Class E), possession of oversize lobster meat, 12 M.R. S.A. § 6858(1) (1981) (Class E), and possession of mutilated lobster tails, 12 M.R.S.A. § 6858(2) (1981) (Class E). The defendant contends that the District Court, Portland, clearly erred in finding probable cause to permit the warrantless seizure of two cloth bags of frozen lobster…