Price v. State

Willie Oscar Price, Jr., was convicted of leaving the State and failure to comply with an order of the court requiring him to pay certain sums for the support of his two children under the age of sixteen years. He was sentenced to a maximum penitentiary sentence of two years and one day.

The offense for which defendant was convicted was created and defined by Chapter 211 of the Public Acts of 1951.

The wife of defendant was granted a divorce on April 15, 1954, the decree requiring Price to pay to the clerk of the court $20 every two weeks for the support of his children, ages two and four.…