Post by: 10thmountainarcher on March 15, 2014, 05:05:30 PM
Post by: bobcat on March 15, 2014, 05:12:30 PM
The guy must have a great lawyer or he's related to the judge. That's BS.
Post by: 10thmountainarcher on March 15, 2014, 05:18:51 PM
Post by: bigtex on March 15, 2014, 05:26:37 PM
Fraleys fines and jail time was 100% suspended, he received two years probation on his third wildlife offense. As my mom stated he probably took his @$$ to the food bank and ate the elk he killed too. Good job Pend Oreille county justice system.. :bash:In this case the only thing that wasn't suspended is the criminal wildlife penalty assessment, which in this case would be a $6,000 civil fine because it was a trophy bull. The only reason this wasn't suspended is because under state law the assessment can't be suspended.
The criminal fine and jail time were suspended.
Unfortunately this is the NORM! It's very rare in big game poaching cases nowadays for somebody to get anything other then just the criminal wildlife penalty assessment...
Post by: Hilltop123 on March 15, 2014, 05:39:32 PM
Post by: bobcat on March 15, 2014, 05:42:30 PM
I wonder if he will ever be able to buy a hunting license again, and if not, how long before he can?
Post by: snowpack on March 15, 2014, 05:45:08 PM
Post by: northwesthunter84 on March 15, 2014, 05:47:40 PM
Post by: 10thmountainarcher on March 15, 2014, 05:56:30 PM
Post by: 10thmountainarcher on March 15, 2014, 06:03:09 PM
Post by: bigtex on March 15, 2014, 06:03:21 PM
Big tex, they did suspend the fine. It was 7000 ish dollars, all suspended. He paid 0$That's illegal to do under state law. The criminal fines can be suspended, however under state law the criminal wildlife penalty assessment cannot be suspended, this is why the assessment was created.
Unless his criminal fine would amount to that much also.Yes they would. Simply unlawfully taking a big game animal is a $5,000 criminal fine. Each gross misdemeanor offense is $5,000 and each misdemeanor is $1,000.
Post by: 10thmountainarcher on March 15, 2014, 06:13:29 PM
Post by: bigtex on March 15, 2014, 06:23:27 PM
I wonder if he will ever be able to buy a hunting license again, and if not, how long before he can?Well you have to look in two places. A conviction for unlawful hunt big game in the second degree carries a suspension of hunting licenses for 2 years. A conviction for unlawful hunt big game in the first degree (previous big game convictions OR the act was thrill/spree killing) carries a 10 year suspension.
Now on top of that, a license suspension stays in place as long as the criminal wildlife penalty assessment is not paid in full.
So if a guy was convicted today and paid his criminal wildlife penalty assessment today he will be suspended for 2 years. But if he doesn't pay off his penalty assessment for 5 years then his licenses are suspended for all 5 years.
Post by: CAMPMEAT on March 15, 2014, 07:24:29 PM
Post by: Bean Counter on March 15, 2014, 08:56:13 PM
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Unfortunately this is the NORM! It's very rare in big game poaching cases nowadays for somebody to get anything other then just the criminal wildlife penalty assessment...
Why is this? I can understand not putting someone in jail when they're overly crowded with more serious criminals, but if they're going to fine 1/2 the way on fines, why not go all the way??
Post by: jackmaster on March 15, 2014, 09:19:27 PM