Poke v. State

MADDOX, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of willful refusal to support his minor children. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed his conviction and determined that, even though the State showed that the father had failed for seven years to give any support to his children, and that the mother of the children was out of work, and that the children were getting food stamps, “nevertheless, the state failed to negate other possible sources of economic support.” [Emphasis added]. We granted certiorari to review that holding.

The Court of Criminal Appeals relies upon Turner v. State, 343 So.2d…