Browning v. State

McMurray, Judge.

Defendant was convicted of abandonment of his minor children. He was sentenced to serve 12 months on probation and make restitution of $40.00 per month as child support. Defendant appeals. Held:

1. The first contention is that the court failed to charge the jury that the elements of abandonment are desertion and dependency. The court did charge that if any father or mother wilfully and voluntarily abandoned his or her child, legitimate or illegitimate, leaving it in a dependent condition, he or she as the case may be shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. He then charged that…