§ 23A-5-313. Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife -- Criminal penalty.

(1) As used in this section, "convicted" includes a guilty adjudication, guilty plea, no contest plea, and guilty or no contest plea entered in a plea in abeyance agreement under Title 77, Chapter 2a, Pleas in Abeyance. (2) A person commits habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife if the person: (a) takes a big game animal in violation of Section 23A-5-311; and (b) within seven years of the day on which the violation described in Subsection (2)(a) occurs, has twice been convicted of taking a big game animal in violation of Section 23A-5-311. (3) A person who commits habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife is guilty of a third degree felony.