South Carolina Wildlife & Marine Resources Department v. Kunkle

Gregory, Justice:

Respondent William Preston Kunkle brought this action challenging the suspension of his hunting and fishing privileges by the South Carolina Wildlife and Marine Resources Department. On appeal from a departmental hearing, the Circuit Court reversed the suspension. The Department now appeals. We reverse, and reinstate the suspension.

Kunkle was charged with taking game fish illegally [S. C. Code Ann. § 50-13-10 (1976)] and fishing illegal traps [S. C. Code Ann. § 50-13-1165 (1976)]. He was tried and convicted in his absence in Magistrate’s Court. Thereafter, the Department…