Legal Opinion
Ex Parte J.W. Strong
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided April 18, 1923No. 7515Published
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion
ON REHEARING.
June 29, 1923.
MORROW, Presiding Judge.
— In a motion for rehearing displaying research and ingenuity, the relator insists that in overuling his contention that Article 640a of the Penal Code is void for uncertainty, this court was in error. The statute declares that:
“. . . any husband who shall wilfully or without justification, desert, neglect or refuse to provide for the support and maintenance of his wife, who may be in destitute or necessitous circumstances, or any parent who shall wilfully or without justification, desert, neglect or refuse to provide for the support and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Ex Parte SmytheCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
- State v. CuculluSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1903
- Henderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1908