Shirley v. State

Hill, Chief Justice.

Defendant was tried by a jury and convicted of the offenses of hunting at night (OCGA § 27-3-2), hunting upon a public road (OCGA § 27-3-10), and hunting from a motor vehicle (OCGA § 27-3-13).

*724Defendant was arrested by Department of Natural Resources conservation rangers who had observed a high-powered beam of light being directed from a vehicle proceeding along a public road onto a soybean field at approximately 4:30 a.m. on the morning of February 12, 1984. Upon stopping the defendant, who was driving the vehicle, the rangers discovered a 12-volt spotlight plugged into…