Tutt v. State

Banke, Judge.

Following a bench trial, the defendant was found guilty of abandonment of a dependent child. He enumerates four alleged errors on appeal. Held:

1. The evidence was sufficient to enable a rational trier of fact to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt both that the defendant was the father of the child in question and that he wilfully and voluntarily abandoned the child by failing to furnish support payments on its behalf. See generally OCGA § 19-10-1 (b) (former Code Ann. § 74-9902); Padova v. State, 151 Ga. App. 167 (1) (259 SE2d 169) (1979).

2. The defendant contends that the…