State v. Fonseca

SUMMERS, Chief Justice.*

This was an application to review a conviction for hunting at night with light and gun, a violation of La.Rev.Stat. 56:124(9). Stephen P. Fonseca was sentenced to pay a fine of $200 and to suffer forfeiture of the spotlights used in the offence. We granted certiorari. 374 So.2d 679.

On January 30, 1979 at approximately 10:30 p. m., Agent Ray Mouton of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission drove from Old Highway 90 to Highway 307 in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, and parked off Highway 307 on a boardroad. Agent Max J. Dupre, Jr. parked behind Mouton in a second…