COLEMAN v. COMMONWEALTH


283 S.W.2d 169 (1955)

Alvy COLEMAN, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Lowe, Pikeville, for appellant.

J. D. Buckman, Jr., Atty. Gen., George B. Akin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


WADDILL, Commissioner.

The appellant, Alvy Coleman, was convicted of child desertion and sentenced to prison for 18 months. KRS 435.240. As grounds for reversal of the judgment he urges that (1) the court erred in failing to direct a verdict of acquittal, and (2) he was convicted under erroneous and prejudicial instructions.

Appellant first insists that the Commonwealth failed to prove that he violated the provisions of KRS 435.240, because it was not shown...

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