Silcott v. People

Opinion by

Donald A. Carpenter, District Judge.*

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, seeks reversal of a conviction of the wilful failure to support his five minor children under an information filed pursuant to C.R.S. 1963, 43-1-1, and the resulting imposition of a sentence of five years probation.

The defendant alleges as grounds for the reversal, (1) that the court erred in restricting the impeachment of the witness, Mary Lou Silcott, the divorced wife of the defendant and complaining witness, concerning a prior *444non-support action; (2) that the court erred in not…