# Phillips v. State

> Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · December 18, 1998 · 771 So. 2d 1061

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9935422

## Case

- **Full name:** W.A. Phillips v. State.
- **Court:** Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
- **Decided:** December 18, 1998
- **Citations:** 771 So. 2d 1061; 1998 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 269; 1998 WL 881169
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Baschab
- **Judges:** Baschab, Long
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## Opinion text

Although I agree with the majority opinion, I feel compelled to concur specially to address my concerns about the "hunting-over-a-baited-field" statute. As the majority notes, certain "innocent" hunters may be placed in a precarious position by the statute. Therefore, I encourage the legislature to re-examine the statute carefully and to decide whether it truly intended for hunting over a baited field to be a strict liability offense. If it did not, the legislature should rewrite the statute to include specific language designating the culpable mental state required for the offense.

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