Crews v. State

Benham, Judge.

Appellant’s conviction for abandonment of his minor children (OCGA § 19-10-1) must be reversed for the same reason given for re*398versal in Elam v. State, 138 Ga. App. 432 (226 SE2d 290) (1976): the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict and judgment.

Decided March 21, 1986. G. Samuel Burnette, Michael D. DeVane, for appellant. J. Kenneth Royal, Solicitor, for appellee.

The evidence at trial showed that appellant became ill prior to the time his wife divorced him and that he had been unable to work regularly since becoming ill. Although appellant’s former wife testified at…