Gissel v. State

727 P.2d 1153 (1986)

111 Idaho 725

Lester GISSEL, Conrad Gissel and Dave Lewis, Plaintiffs-Respondents,

v.

STATE of Idaho, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 16107.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

September 26, 1986.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1986.

Jim Jones, Atty. Gen., Boise, and William A. McCurdy, Esq., of Quane, Smith, Howard & Hull, Boise, for defendant-appellant.

Thomas A. Mitchell, Coeur d'Alene, for plaintiffs-respondents.

DONALDSON, Chief Justice.

In 1979, officials from the Idaho Department of Fish & Game observed the respondents Lester and Conrad Gissel and Dave and John Lewis harvesting wild rice on land…