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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE

AT KNOXVILLE  FILED  
NOVEMBER 1997 SESSION  January 8, 1998  
Cecil Crowson, Jr.  
Appellate C ourt Clerk  

STATE OF TENNESSEE, APPELLEE, v. RONALD K. KELLER, APPELLANT.  ) )) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )  No. 03-C-01-9702-CC-00051 Blount County D. Kelly Thomas, Jr., Judge (Nonsupport)  
FOR THE APPELLANT:  FOR THE APPELLEE:  
Raymond Mack Garner District Public Defender 419 High Street Maryville, TN 37804  John Knox Walkup Attorney General & Reporter 500 Charlotte Avenue Nashville, TN 37243-0497  
Peter M. Coughlan Assistant Attorney General 450 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, TN 37243-0493  
Michael L. Flynn District Attorney General Blount County Courthouse 363 Court Street Maryville, TN 37804-5906  
Edward P. Bailey, Jr. Assistant District Attorney General Blount County Courthouse 363 Court Street Maryville, TN 37804-5906  

OPINION FILED:_________________________________

AFFIRMED

Joe B. Jones, Pre siding Judge
O P I N I O N

The appellant, Ronald K. Keller (defendant), was convicted of nonsupport, a Class A misdeme anor, fo llowing a bench trial.  The trial court sentenced the defendant to confinement for eleven months and twenty-nine days in the Blount County Jail.  In this court, the defendant contends (a) the evidence contained in the record is insufficient, as a matter of law, to support his convictio n becaus e the Sta te of Te nnessee failed t o prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he had sufficient funds to pay child support when the support was due; and (b) the record establishes he honestly believed his obligation to pay child support had been terminated because three of his children had been adopted by their stepfather.  After a thorough review of the record, the briefs submitted by the parties, and the law governing the issues presented for review, it is the opinion of this court that the judgment of the trial court should be affirmed.
The indictment charged the defendant with nonsupport between December 10, 1991 and March 31, 1992.  It is alleged the arrearage of the defendant

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