Pickle v. State

| because I believe the majority has erroneously reversed the circuit court’s denial of Appellant Jimmy Paul Pickle’s motion to suppress, I must dissent.

At the outset, I must note that the majority goes well beyond the scope of the actual issue on appeal in order to reverse the circuit court. The sole point raised by Pickle on appeal is whether “game wardens are subject to the same legal standards as all other law enforcement officers are bound to follow before detaining a citizen while engaged in a hunting activity.” Pickle argues that game wardens may not arbitrarily stop hunters in the…