Britten v. State

Pope, Judge.

On January 9, 1978 appellant Charles Britten pled guilty to a charge of abandonment of a minor child. He was sentenced to serve twelve months in prison, but this was suspended provided that he make child support payments of $15 per week for the minor child until the child married, became self-supporting, died or became 18 years of age. On March 1, 1984 appellant filed an extraordinary motion for new trial. The ground for this motion was newly discovered evidence, the results of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) blood tests administered on September 26, 1983 to appellant, to the minor…