Legal Opinion
United States v. Fields
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 21, 2007No. 06-13784PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Circuit Judge:
James Perry Fields was convicted of willfully failing to pay a past due support obligation to his child who resided in another state, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 228(a)(1) (2000). Fields appeals his conviction. For the following reasons, we shall reverse the conviction.
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James Perry Fields and Claire Holland, both attorneys, married in 1979. The couple resided in Glynn County, Georgia. In 1984, Holland gave birth to a son. In 1987, the couple divorced. The Georgia divorce decree ordered Fields to pay Holland $600.00 per month in child support until the boy’s eighteenth…
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