STATE v. CHEATWOOD

No. 83-KK-2615.

458 So.2d 907 (1984)

STATE of Louisiana v. Donnie Ray CHEATWOOD.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby L. Culpepper, Culpepper, Teat, Caldwell & Avery, Jonesboro, for relator.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ronald C. Martin, Dist. Atty., Michael Bonnette, John G. Williams, Asst. Dist. Attys., for respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.

We granted a writ of review to determine whether the evidence in this case was sufficient to support defendant's conviction of criminal neglect of family.

Defendant and his former wife were divorced on November 14, 1980. The judgment awarded the wife custody of their two minor children and ordered defendant to pay $200 per month to his former wife for support of the children. Although defendant made a payment soon after that, he quickly fell...

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