Court Opinion

ID: 8171131
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-09 21:16:31.817904+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:39:45.566483
License: Public Domain

Allen, C.J.,
dissenting. The conduct for which the defendants stand convicted was not in violation of the regulation and not criminal under the evidence presented. The regulation did not set a possession limit for moose, nor could the Board have promulgated such a limit in light of the express statutory authority contained in 10 V.S.A. § 4785 to possess moose in this state, if legally taken in another state or country.* The regulation simply prohibits the taking of moose in this state. Mere possession, the grava*371men of the crime here charged, is not prohibited by the regulation, and is expressly permitted by statute.
I would reverse.

 § 4785. Deer, elk, moose, caribou; importation
A person may transport into and possess in this state a wild deer, elk, moose or caribou, legally taken in another state or country, provided such person shall within seventy-two hours after transporting such a deer, elk, moose or caribou, into the state, obtain a permit from the commissioner to possess same.