State v. Austin
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of failing to label an observation stand. Defendant appealed, arguing that the State was equitably estopped from prosecuting him because, when he purchased his hunting license, he was given a magazine endorsed by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IF&W) that misstated the law concerning tree stands. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Defendant failed to prove that IF&W made any misrepresentation in its publication that Defendant relied upon to his detriment, and therefore, the trial court correctly determined that the single source of controlling law was the statute duly enacted by the Legislature.
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