State v. Ingle

BROCK, Chief Judge.

The statute under which defendant was charged (G.S. 49-2) reads, in part, as follows: “Any parent who willfully neglects or who refuses to support and maintain his or her illegitimate child shall be guilty of a misdemeanor ...”

To support a conviction under this statute two basic facts must be established: First, that defendant is a parent of the illegitimate child in question; and, second, that the defendant has willfully neglected or has refused to support and maintain the illegitimate child in question. The total of the evidence bearing upon these two basic facts is the…