Jones v. State

Pope, Judge.

Jerry Wayne Jones appeals his conviction of child abandonment pursuant to Code Ann. § 74-9902, asserting (1) that the state did not show a wilful and voluntary abandonment of the illegitimate child because it failed to prove that the appellant knew the child was his own and (2) that Jones was denied his right to a fair and impartial jury. We find no merit in these contentions and affirm the conviction and sentence.

1. The state presented testimony of the prosecutrix and another witness, a mutual friend of the appellant and the prosecutrix, establishing that Jones and the…