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U.S. v. FIELDS

No. 06-13784.

500 F.3d 1327 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Perry FIELDS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan David Tucker, Brunswick, GA, for Fields.

Amy Lee Copeland, Savannah, GA, for U.S.

Before CARNES, WILSON and HILL, Circuit Judges.

HILL, Circuit Judge:

James Perry Fields was convicted of willfully failing to pay a past due support obligation to his child who resided in another state, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 228(a)(1) (2000). Fields appeals his conviction. For the following reasons, we shall reverse the conviction.

I.

James Perry Fields and Claire Holland, both attorneys, married in 1979. The couple resided in Glynn County, Georgia. In 1984, Holland gave birth to a...

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