Commonwealth v. Moyers

SIMS, Justice.

Appellee, Freddie Moyers, and his wife were tried in the quarterly court of McCracken County on a warrant charging them with violating a regulation of the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources (hereinafter referred to as the Department) it put into effect under the authority of KRS 150.025(2) (d). Mrs. Moyers was acquitted but her husband was convicted and fined $25 and cost. He appealed to the McCracken Circuit Court, where at the conclusion of the Department’s evidence the court directed a verdict in his favor. As the punishment under the statute can only be a fine, the…