Davis v. State

BOWEN W. SIMMONS, Retired Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Houston County for non-support of his minor child and sentenced to hard labor for Houston County for a period of twelve months.

Appellant was accused by information filed in the Juvenile Section of the Circuit Court Family Division, without lawful ex*309cuse, of deserting, or willfully neglecting, or refusing, or failing to provide for the maintenance and support of his child, Lisa Michelle Davis, age five. He was tried and convicted without the aid of a jury. He appealed.

It appears that the mother, Voncille…