State v. Richards

SCOTT, Justice.

Defendants, who were found guilty of charges of transporting uncased guns in a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor (Minn.St. 100.29, subd. 5, and 97.55, subd. 1), and illegal shining for wild animals, a gross misdemeanor (Minn.St. 100.29, subd. 10, and 97.55, subd. 9), contend on this appeal from judgment of conviction that the conservation officers violated their Fourth Amendment rights and that the evidence of their guilt of these offenses was legally insufficient. 1 We affirm.

Conservation officers, who had set up surveillance of a field near the St. Croix River for the purpose of…