PEOPLE v. MOORE

No. B120096.

76 Cal.Rptr.2d 872 (1998)

65 Cal.App.4th 933

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Ivan Rene MOORE, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

July 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. McKinney, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant.

Gil Garcetti, District Attorney, George M. Palmer, Head Deputy District Attorney, and Andrea R. Schrote, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


MIRIAM A. VOGEL, Associate Justice.

Penal Code section 270 makes it a misdemeanor for the parent of a minor child to "Skillfully omit[], without lawful excuse," to provide the necessities of life for his child.1 The statute says that proof of the parent's failure to provide the required care is prima facie evidence that the failure to provide was willful and without lawful excuse. (§ 270.) In the case now before us, the defendant...

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