GAUZE v. COMMONWEALTH


400 S.W.2d 227 (1966)

Lawrence GAUZE, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. R. McCoy, Jr., Inez, for appellant.

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Harold T. Hotopp, Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, for appellee.


DAVIS, Commissioner.

Lawrence Gauze appeals from a judgment sentencing him to imprisonment for one year pursuant to a jury's verdict finding him guilty of violating KRS 435.240 (3). Appellant presents four grounds for reversal, but we find it necessary to discuss only one of the grounds, namely, that the cited statute does not authorize prosecution for failure to obey a divorce judgment's order to pay for child support in a situation in which the divorce judgment...

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