Jail Time for Poacher

[stykshooter]

Great but I know in 2012 State Jail max. was 2 years, which isn't long enough for this case

[Gobblerslayer]

Boom!

[rladner]

Great but I know in 2012 State Jail max. was 2 years, which isn't long enough for this case

well, just weekends during hunting season over 5 years is less than 365 days soooo........ Not sure there are any legal grounds to object to this.

[adam_p]

271 cannot be spoken of.

1. HUNTING PROVISIONS VIOLATION 62.013(b) PWC Misdemeanor A 10/07/2017

Events & Orders of the Court
OTHER EVENTS AND HEARINGS
12/11/2017 Complaint and Information (OCA)
12/11/2017 Affidavit for Arrest Warrant
12/11/2017 Request
for Summons
12/11/2017 Summons Issued
12/11/2017
Summons



Served 12/13/2017

Returned 12/13/2017
12/12/2017 Letter of Representation
12/12/2017 Request Art. 39.14
12/12/2017 Request Pursuant to Rule 404(b) and 609(f)
01/22/2018 Arraignment hearing (2:00 PM) (Judicial Officer Waddill, Coby)

[Spearchunker]

yes and I know the deer.

Not the 271" deer, that one will be more than a weekend

[adam_p]

Anyone else see this:

DALLAS, Texas (KEYE) -- A judge in Grayson County, north of Dallas, has sentenced a man caught poaching a deer to spend weekends during deer hunting season in jail.


Texas Parks and Wildlife says 34-year-old John Walker Drinnon of Whitesboro was convicted of poaching a 19-point white-tailed buck with a rifle in an archery-only county on private property, which is a state jail felony.

The judge ordered Drinnon on spend every weekend of hunting season in jail for the next five years.

Drinnon also received 5 years of probation and must pay over $18,000 in civil restitution.

The judge also prohibited Drinnon from purchasing a hunting license while on probation.

The Drinnon deer

[Razrbk89]

I might get flamed for this, but that jail time seems a bit much to me. I do think they should have their guns & hunting privledges taken for a long time, possibly longer than the 5 years.

[RR 314]

1. HUNTING PROVISIONS VIOLATION 62.013(b) PWC Misdemeanor A 10/07/2017

Events & Orders of the Court
OTHER EVENTS AND HEARINGS
12/11/2017 Complaint and Information (OCA)
12/11/2017 Affidavit for Arrest Warrant
12/11/2017 Request
for Summons
12/11/2017 Summons Issued
12/11/2017
Summons



Served 12/13/2017

Returned 12/13/2017
12/12/2017 Letter of Representation
12/12/2017 Request Art. 39.14
12/12/2017 Request Pursuant to Rule 404(b) and 609(f)
01/22/2018 Arraignment hearing (2:00 PM) (Judicial Officer Waddill, Coby)

Man, after all this the only charge is a misdemeanor?

[Roy Munson]

thats bull**** he got a summons and didn't have to at least get a mugshot and his prints taken. If there is enough probable cause to file the charge, then issue a warrant and make an arrest. Seems like this guy might have a sympathetic judicial figure in his corner.

I am referring to the 271 deer.

[toledo]

Wow. I can understand some jail time, but to drag it out over 5 years and make him report to jail 20 different times seems a little excessive. There's predators preying on people that get off easier than that.

[Traildust]

I might get flamed for this, but that jail time seems a bit much to me. I do think they should have their guns & hunting privledges taken for a long time, possibly longer than the 5 years.

Your opinion and location seem to align with each other

[mikemorvan]

I'm glad to see he got jail time, but I don't think it matters a rat's arse to the poacher that he'll be confined during hunting season.

...or not be able to buy a license...

[Charles]

The dude earned every bit of the punishment.

[TX_Hoghunter]

The dude earned every bit of the punishment.

Plus some in my opinion.

-john

[Gladesgator]

The normal leniency in our criminal justice system regarding punishments is a major contributing factor to our increasing crime and repeat offenders.

At least we know he won't be poaching on the weekends during hunting season. I don't care if he had to check in 40 times, he should have thought of that BEFORE poaching the deer.