State v. Jordan

BARHAM, Justice.

Relator, Clarence M. Jordan, was convicted of criminal neglect of family on June 12, 1972 under a bill of information charging him with intentionally failing to support his one minor child, age 17, who was in necessitous circumstances, in violation of R.S. 14:74. He was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment in the Parish Jail, but execution of the sentence was suspended and relator was placed on probation for five years under the supervision of the Department of Public Welfare, conditioned on his paying for the support of his minor child the sum of $50.00 on the first and…