Todd v. State

Banke, Presiding Judge.

Todd was convicted of two counts of theft by receiving stolen property and one count of unlawful possession of protected wildlife. At trial, he did not contest his guilt of the latter offense. Consequently, the present appeal involves only the two theft convictions.

Acting on a telephone tip from a “concerned citizen” advising that the appellant was in possession of certain protected wildlife which he intended to transport to Florida the following day, two Georgia Department of Natural Resources (“DNR”) rangers proceeded to the vicinity of a farm operated by the…