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: takes a big game animal in violation of Section; and 23A-5-311 within seven years of the day on which the violation described in Subsectionoccurs, has twice been convicted of taking a big game animal in violation of Section. (2)(a) 23A-5-311
(3) A person who commits habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife is guilty of a third degree felony.