State v. Hopp

LeGRAND, Justice.

Defendant was tried to a jury on a charge of wilfully failing to support his minor child in violation of section 233.-1(5), The Code (1966). He was sentenced to serve 30 days in the Linn County jail as provided in section 233.2 of the Code and he appeals from that judgment. We affirm the trial court.

Several years prior to the trial in question, defendant’s paternity of the child here involved had been established in a suit brought for that purpose. He was ordered to pay toward the support of the child, but failed to do so. The charge under section 233.1(5) resulted. On this…