LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.
Joseph N. Holmes appeals his conviction for misdemeanor criminal nonsupport. He argues the trial court erred in overruling his motion for judgment of acquittal claiming section 568.040, RSMo. Supp.2011, is unconstitutional because it makes lack of good cause an element of the crime of criminal nonsupport but then shifts the burden of proving good cause to the defendant, thereby violating his due process rights under the Fourteenth Amendment...
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