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U.S. v. SYLVESTER

No. 87-4496.

848 F.2d 520 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chester SYLVESTER, Ted Burn Sylvester, Floyd Soileau, Timothy Sylvester, and Jules Ericke, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 15, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Gates, Patrick C. Morrow, Opelousas, La., for defendants-appellants.

Robert C. Lunnen, John A. Broadwell, Asst. U.S. Attys., Shreveport, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, GEE and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

The district court found defendants guilty of hunting on a baited field in violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), 16 U.S.C. § 703 et seq., and 50 C.F.R. § 20.21(i). Substantial evidence supports, and we thus affirm, these convictions. One defendant was additionally convicted of taking a migratory non-game bird in violation of the Act. A federal agent obtained evidence of this violation during a search of defendant's hunting...

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