Chew v. State

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is a paternity proceeding. Upon the trial court’s determination that the defendant was the father of a certain illegitimate child, the defendant appealed and contends that the proof was inadequate upon which to base such adjudication.

The child was born to a never married mother on May 13,1977. The mother testified that she conceived around September 1976 and that the defendant was the only man with whom she had sexual relations in August, September or October 1976. She further stated that she dated the defendant during that period of time and had…