Chapman v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Ivan Chapman, was convicted of abandonment of his minor children in violation of OCGA § 19-10-1. On appeal, he contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction, and that the trial court made several errors in the instructions to the jury.

1. In 1977 Chapman forced his wife and two minor sons to leave their home in Murphy, North Carolina. They moved to the home of the wife’s parents in Stephens County, Georgia. In 1979 the parties were divorced in North Carolina, the decree providing that the mother have custody and under the terms of a…