Legal Opinion
In Re King
California Supreme Court
Decided October 2, 1970No. Crim. 14130PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TOBRINER, J.
On February 7, 1967, after a nonjury trial, petitioner Clennon Washington King was convicted of failure to support his children in violation of Penal Code section 270. Based on petitioner’s absence from the state for 30 days, the offense was adjudged a felony. In this habeas corpus proceeding, petitioner attacks the constitutionality of the felony provision of section 210 2 We hold that insofar as- the section punishes nonsupporting fathers who “remain out of the state for 30 days” more heavily than nonsupporting fathers who are within. California, this penal provision…
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