Bowen v. State

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Christopher Clarence Bowen was found guilty of abandonment of a dependent child and appeals from the judgment of conviction entered on the guilty verdict. Bowen’s sole assertion of error is that the trial court erred by overruling his special demurrer by which he contended that the accusation, which alleged that he “abandon [ed] *38Richard Smith, his child, leaving it in a [dependent] condition, . . .” failed to plainly show whether the State was alleging that the child he abandoned was his legitimate child or his child born out of wedlock.

Decided January 21, 2000.…