2011 Utah Code
Title 23 Wildlife Resources Code of Utah
Chapter 20 Enforcement - Violations and Penalties
Section 4.7 Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife -- Third degree felony.

23-20-4.7. Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife -- Third degree felony.
(1) A person is guilty of habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife if the person:
(a) takes a big game animal in violation of Section 23-20-4; and
(b) within seven years of the day on which the violation described in Subsection (1)(a) occurs, has twice been convicted of taking a big game animal in violation of Section 23-20-4.
(2) "Convicted," for purposes of this section, 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.
(3) Habitual wanton destruction of protected wildlife is a third degree felony.