STATE v. COFFEY

No. 6825SC369.

164 S.E.2d 39 (1968)

3 N.C. App. 133

STATE of North Carolina v. Van Henry COFFEY.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

November 20, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. T. W. Bruton and Staff Atty. Christine Y. Denson, Raleigh, for the State.

Ted S. Douglas, Lenoir, for defendant appellant.


FRANK M. PARKER, Judge.

For a defendant to be found guilty of the criminal offense created by G.S. § 49-2, two facts must be established: First, that the defendant is a parent of the illegitimate child in question, who must be a person coming within the definition of a child as set forth in that section; and second, that the defendant has willfully neglected or refused to support and maintain such illegitimate child. In addition, if the defendant is the reputed...

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