SPARLING, Justice.
Appellant, convicted of criminal nonsupport, contends that the statute, TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. § 25.05 (Vernon 1974), unconstitutionally shifted to him the burden of disproving an element of the offense. We agree and hold that the statute is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment, U.S. CONST. amend. XIV, and TEX. CONST. art. 1, § 19. Accordingly, we reverse.
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